Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, issues Proclamation 95 (a.k.a. the Emancipation Proclamation), freeing all slaves in areas of the Confederate (a voluntary union) States that are NOT under compulsory Union control.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 298.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 174.
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 1 January 2011, News:3.
CHRONOLOGY: Who banned slavery when? | Reuters
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