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Library of Congress1863

By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation : 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 ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three

"Third edition. This is the official State Department folio. Printed ... circa January 3, 1863"--Cf. Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Proclamation, 1950, page 28.

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Library of Congress1862

Emancipation Proclamation.

Initially, the Civil War between the North and the South was fought by the North to prevent the secession of the South and preserve the Union. Ending slavery was not a goal. That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be free. One hundred days later Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be, free." Lincoln's bold step was a military measure by which he hoped to inspire the slaves in the Confederacy to support the Union cause. Because it was a military measure, the proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, and left slavery untouched in the border states. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery, it did fundamentally transform the character of the war. Henceforth, every advance of Federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and their own freedom.

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Library of Congress1913

Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), December 12, 1913

VOL MVII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY DECEMIBE 12 11913 ENGLA 0 TR 0 STOEI i CABINET ORDERS IMPORTATION OF ARMS INTO ARELAND STOPPE SEEKS TO SECURE f E Ulster Leaders Declare However That Asquiths LEfforts at Conciliation Came too Late Weetern Newspaper Union News S rvirc LondonThe British cabinet by a royal proclamation prohibiting the im portation of arms and ammunition into Ireland for the first time grasped the nettle of the revolution in Ulster which it had hitherto ignored alhough the followers of Sir Edward Carson for months have been advertising their military preparations in every possi ble way and daring interference with them Almost at the time of publication of the proclamation Premier Asquith made the longest step toward the con ciliation of Ullterites that the govern ment has taken announcing his ac ceptance of the principles of a basis of agreement which Sir Edward Car son suggested in his last speech Demands of Ulsterites These principles are FirstThat the settlement must not be humiliat ing or degrading to Ulster second Ulsters treatment must not be differ ent or exceptional from that meted ont to the other parts of he United Kingdom third Ulster must retain full protection of

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Library of Congress1861

Ordinance of Secession, 1861.

This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Pursuant to an act of the Florida legislature approved on November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for delegates to a convention to address the issue of whether Florida had a right to withdraw from the Union. The Secession Convention met in Tallahassee on January 3, 1861, and passed, on January 10, the Ordinance of Secession. The ordinance declared Florida to be "a sovereign and independent nation." On April 13, the convention ratified the constitution adopted by the Confederate States of America. The convention adjourned on April 27, 1861.

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