click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held ...

In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold ...

9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key ... This video explores the Great Migration and the idea that the Emancipation Proclamation did not live up to its promises.

A PDF version of this document with embedded text is available ... 2025 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Search This proclamation ends a grave national injustice ...

Austin East High School student Alicia Lewis delivered a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. The document itself did not end slavery. Instead, it promised freedom would come with a Union ...

The result of the document was the enlistment of formerly ... the International African American Museum and the Charleston Emancipation Proclamation Association are hosting a parade at 11 a.m ...