The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control. William Seward, Lincoln's secretary ...

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The nation’s longest-running parade made a return in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was declared Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. This liberated African Americans from ...

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Abraham Lincoln is often regarded as one of the greatest U.S. presidents, due to his leadership during the Civil War and his ...

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1 ... and freed no slaves in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. Yet Lincoln genuinely abhorred slavery.