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Turning point · The American Civil War, 1861–1865
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.
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — Antietam and Emancipation in The American Civil War, 1861–1865.
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