The Emancipation Proclamation

Thenceforward, and Forever Free

A proclamation that would change the course of lives and the future of the United States.

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Civil War Video Black Soldiers in the Civil War	Civil War Biography William H. Seward
Civil War Video President Lincoln's Cottage	Civil War Primary Source President Lincoln to A.G. Hodges
Civil War Primary Source William Seward to Charles Francis Adams on the Emancipation Proclamation	Civil War Primary Source Giuseppe Garibaldi to President Lincoln
Civil War Official Record Abraham Lincoln's Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation	Civil War Primary Source "A Complaint from the London Times" Editorial Letter on the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War Primary Source "Rejoicing Over the Proclamation"	Civil War Political Cartoon The Lincoln Statue, or Emancipation Memorial
Civil War Political Cartoon Colored Troops Under General Wild, Liberating Slaves in South Carolina	Civil War Overview Slavery in the United States

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