All persons held as slaves … are, and henceforward shall be, free.


Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

All persons held as slaves … are, and henceforward shall be, free.

All persons held as slaves … are, and henceforward shall be, free.

All persons held as slaves … are, and henceforward shall be, free.

All persons held as slaves … are, and henceforward shall be, free.