September 22: Shall be Then, Thenceforward, and Forever Free
Update: 2020-09-22
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On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President, issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Listen to the entire document, which began the legal status change of enslaved African Americans to be free.
Today is September 22, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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