Emancipation Proclamation
- The definition of the Emancipation Proclamation is an order issued by President Lincoln in 1862 to free the slaves effective January 1, 1863.
An example of the Emancipation Proclamation is the order that freed 3.1 million enslaved people when it was issued in the U.S. in 1863.
A replica of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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a proclamation issued by President Lincoln in September, 1862, effective January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all territory still at war with the Union
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Emancipation Proclamation - Cultural Definition
A proclamation made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that all slaves under the Confederacy were from then on “forever free.”
- In itself, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves, because it applied only to rebellious areas that the federal government did not then control. It did not affect the four slave states that stayed in the Union: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Yet when people say that Lincoln “freed the slaves,” they are referring to the Emancipation Proclamation.
emancipation proclamation - Legal Definition
n
Exec-utive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863,
freeing all slaves held in geographical areas in rebellion against the United
States.
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