In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation formally freeing all slaves in the Confederate States.
On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.
That happened in 1981, nearly 120 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States.
It wasn't just like the Emancipation Proclamation, you know, read it and then all of the sudden everything changes.
Unlike the Emancipation Proclamation, it had the power of law, and Seward predicted, prematurely, that the process of Reconstruction was almost complete.
Almost two years before the Emancipation Proclamation, millions of Americans already understood that this was to be a war for or against slavery.
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule.
In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, adding momentum to signal the beginning of the end of slavery in America.
When we have a sense that everybody knew that there was this Emancipation Proclamation, that this an ideal day to celebrate the end of it.
Just a few days ago, we marked the 150th anniversary of a document that I have hanging in the Oval Office -- the Emancipation Proclamation.
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In 2010, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln was hung in the Oval Office above a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's also known as Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the day slaves in Galveston, Texas found out that they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
We reflect on the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago to mend a Nation half-slave and half-free under the unifying promise of liberty.
The closest to that sale was 3.7 million in 2010 for a signed copy by Abraham Lincoln of the Emancipation Proclamation, once owned by Bobby Kennedy.
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And in the space of that victory, President Abraham Lincoln issued the initial Emancipation Proclamation -- specifically joining the cause of the Union with the advancement of freedom.
Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to the enduring cause of freedom.
The Emancipation Proclamation stands among the documents of human freedom.
January 1, 2013 marks the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Christie's, in a competing Dec. 19 auction of U.S. historical manuscripts, is selling a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by both Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward.
So literally, it's two-plus years later that these folks in Galveston, Texas finally get the info, you know, the information about the Emancipation Proclamation and find out that they're free.
On January 1st, we observed the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and this August will mark 50 years since the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Even Abraham Lincoln understood that he was playing with fire when he issued his own executive order The Emancipation Proclamation as a means to address a critical, cultural issue in the country.
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The painting, completed in 1863 by William Carlton, shows a group of African American men, women and children waiting for the clock to strike midnight the hour the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary, the National Archives in Washington, DC will display the Emancipation Proclamation in its East Rotunda Gallery later this year -- for three days, from December 30, 2012 to January 1, 2013.
He pointed out it was a freed slave, Phillip Reed, who helped to cast the bronze statue, which was placed there December 2, 1863, not even a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
One of my favorite moments with Dr. Height -- this was just a few months ago -- we had decided to put up the Emancipation Proclamation in the Oval Office, and we invited some elders to share reflections of the movement.
In July, 1862, when Lincoln presented the Cabinet with a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Seward warned that it could prompt foreign governments to intervene on behalf of the South, and said that it should be delivered at a time of military strength, not weakness.
On this anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, those who are either ignoring politics or actively supporting the dramatic growth of government need to ask themselves: Do I want to live my life under the thumb of a new master, or do I want to be free?
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And the reason we brought together some elders and some young people very briefly was not just to visit the Oval Office and see the Emancipation Proclamation, which is going to be on loan to us, but it's also just to remind us that there were some extraordinarily courageous young people like Dr. Dorothy Height, like Mrs.
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