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The Emancipation Proclamation

Name: The Emancipation Proclamation
Author: Abraham Lincoln
ISBN: 9781557094704

by Abraham Lincoln, United States

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Overview

A hardcover copy of the draft, preliminary, and final versions of Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863 Executive Order, the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's slaves.

Synopsis

A hardcover copy of the draft, preliminary, and final versions of the Emancipation Proclamation. This treasure is sure to be cherished by anyone who celebrates freedom.

About the Author, Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States best-known for helping to abolish slavery during the Civil War, and his tragic assassination just days after the war ended.

General Accounting Office, Comptroller General of the United States