Emancipation Proclamation document, January 1st 1863 by the President of the United States of America showing text with illustrations, published 1864

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Detailed close up of the "All persons held as be free" section of text at image T6J1XG. Eagle with banner "Proclamation of Emancipation" and flags over portrait of Abraham Lincoln above text framed along the sides with vignettes about slavery, escape, education of African Americans, and the American cotton industry. Below the text is an image of rebuilding southern agriculture in the ruins of the Civil War. Engraving by W. Roberts.

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