Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from Harper's Weekly), January 24, 1863, Wood engraving, Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 11/16 in. (37.2 × 52.6 cm), Prints, Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil), On January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order based on his constitutional authority as commander in chief. All enslaved persons in Confederate territory were declared to be forever free
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Emancipation, Negroes, Past, Future, Harper, Weekly, January 24, 1863, Wood engraving, Sheet, 14 5/8, 20 11/16, 37.2, 52.6 cm, Prints, Thomas Nast, American, born Germany, Landau, 1840–1902, Guayaquil, January, 1, 1863 Abraham, Lincoln, issued, Emancipation Proclamation, executive order, based, constitutional authority, commander, chief, enslaved persons, Confederate territory, declared, forever free
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