Name: Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Duration: 151
Description: The Emancipation Proclamation refocuses the purpose of the Civil War to address the issue of slavery.

The Emancipation Proclamation refocuses the purpose of the Civil War to address the issue of slavery.

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Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation

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