The Emancipation proclamation was a law issued by Abraham Lincoln true or false

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Leanna Moran

2 September, 03:57

The Emancipation proclamation was a law issued by Abraham Lincoln true or false

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Makenna Ruiz · Answer 1

The Emancipation proclamation was a law issued by Abraham Lincoln true or false

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The Proclamation of Emancipation was a presidential proclamation, and an executive order issued by the president of the United States Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

The answer is: True.

Newton · Answer 2

It is true. On January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of civil war, President Abraham Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. The preliminary Proclamation was issued the year before, on September 22nd. It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the Southern rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."