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On January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was signed- Africans before living in the Americas

January 1, 2014

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On January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was signed- Africans before living in the Americas The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation only covered 10 states that were rebellion in 1863. It did not cover the the over half-million enslaved Africans in the […]

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