American Civil War · TURNING POINT ·
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
On the American Civil War map as “The Emancipation Proclamation”
1 Jan 1863 — Enslaved people in rebel-held territory are declared “thenceforward, and forever free.” The Union army becomes a liberating force wherever it marches, Black enlistment opens, and Europe can no longer pretend the war is not about slavery.
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- Antietam and emancipation (chapter 7 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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