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Emancipation Proclamation: Media
presidential proclamation by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln, primary source
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Emancipation Proclamation, first reading
The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, engraving by A.H. Ritchie, 1866....
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-pga-02502)
Emancipation Proclamation
Heavily illustrated chromolithograph of the Emancipation Proclamation, published...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-02797)
Emancipation Proclamation
Man reading a newspaper report of the Emancipation Proclamation, painting by Henry...
Henry Louis Stephens/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (CaLC-USZC4-2442)
Emancipation Proclamation
Lithograph copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Harper's Weekly: illustration of emancipated slaves
Emancipated slaves brought to the North after the American Civil War, illustration...
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