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...ded and enslaved people were free. That’s about two and a half years after Lincoln’s proclamation became law.'' ...etheless, the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation. Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by

...Emancipation Oak] was the site of the first Southern reading of President Lincoln’s '''Emancipation Proclamation''', an act which accelerated the demand fo ...ded and enslaved people were free. That’s about two and a half years after Lincoln’s proclamation became law.''

...ources, and a constitutional Democracy. Our Democracy is expressed in what Lincoln called “Our Apple of Gold,” our Declaration of Independence, framed in

...ources, and a constitutional Democracy. Our Democracy is expressed in what Lincoln called “Our Apple of Gold,” our Declaration of Independence, framed in

...vil War. It's on this floor where a young congressman of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, sat at desk 191. Above him, above us, over that door leading into the rotu ...something else. They seem no longer to want to be the party, the party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, Reagan, the Bushes. But whatever my other disagreements are wi

''In another January, on New Year's Day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. When he put pen to paper, the preside