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Paper Banner, around 1863

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@ National Museum of American History

Lincoln, Abraham

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In the summer of 1862, Lincoln drafted an executive order on slavery. Published in September, it declared that, as of January 1, 1863, all persons held in slavery in areas still in rebellion would be “then, thenceforward, and forever free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not directly free any enslaved people in Union-controlled areas, it was widely understood that a Union victory would mean the end of slavery.This paper banner celebrates the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation.Gift of Dr. Clara S. Ludlow, 1911Currently not on view
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Paper (Overall Material)White With Black Type (Overall Color)
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The Sutphen-Schenck-Hunt Memorial Collection
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Smithsonian Institution