Emancipation Proclamation Digital Scan from US Archives PDF download

Emancipation Proclamation Digital Scan in PDF from US Archives

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The Emancipation Proclamation was a document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared enslaved people in the Confederate states free. It was a military measure that aimed to inspire Black people to support the Union cause. 

This file is found in the National Archives. Anyone can see and download this and many more documents in the National Archives.