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Title: A proclamation.
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Name(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Government Publications
Date Created: 1862
Publisher: United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office
Extent: 1 leaf; 36 cm
Language(s): English
Identifier: DP0012652 (IID), E453.l725 1862 (local)
Description: A Proclamation by President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. "Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."
Provenance: Acquired by Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries from Carol Mundy, the collector of African-Americana.
Digital Reproduction Specifications: Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries. Jpeg and Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on an Avision FB 6080E Book-edge Scanner.
Subject(s): Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Washington (D.C.)
1862
Held by: University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection & University Archives
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Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012652
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Host Institution: UCF
Is Part Of: Civil War in the American South.
http://www.american-south.org/ This item is made available to the ASERL Civil War in the American South portal.
Is Part Of: African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02
The Carol Mundy Collection Finding Aid