If he had issued the Proclamation any earlier, it would have looked like a desperate measure, following a string of Confederate victories in the summer.
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. That was the first part. The second part which officially went in effect January 1, 1863 during the second year of the...