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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Archives - The Emancipation Proclamation. | Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at UM Carey Law - Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Executive Power (PDF). | Nov 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: LMU Institutional Repository - Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Failure to Comply with the Fifth Amendment Taking Requirement (PDF). | Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - What the Emancipation Proclamation Didn't Do. | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Added full transcript of the Emancipation Proclamation. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Duke University Library Exhibits - The Emancipation Proclamation (1863). | Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital History - The Emancipation Proclamation. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of African American History and Culture - The Emancipation Proclamation : Striking a Mighty Blow to Slavery. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 07, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Emancipation Proclamation. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Emancipation Proclamation. | Feb 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Emancipation Proclamation. | Nov 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Welfare History Project - Emancipation Proclamation: January 1st, 1863. | Sep 12, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Aug 27, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 13, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Kenneth E. Behring Center - Lincoln Memorial. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Kenneth E. Behring Center - Lincoln Memorial. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 23, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Africans in America - Abolitionism. | Feb 15, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Our Documents - Emancipation Proclamation. | Jul 14, 2016 | ||
| Added photograph. | Feb 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - The Emancipation Proclamation. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Emancipation Proclamation. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Emancipation Proclamation. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: US history.org - The Emancipation Proclamation. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Purpose and Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Emancipation Proclamation. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Emancipation Proclamation. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - How the Emancipation Proclamation Worked. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - How the Emancipation Proclamation Worked. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| Added image of lithograph commemorating Pres. Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the Confederate states, 1865. | Apr 08, 2010 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Jan 19, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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