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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00902 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1 January 1863 Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cm Order a Copy

News-sheet printing the Emancipation Proclamation with news from New Orleans, New York and Louisville. Heading states, "Slavery Forever ABOLISHED in the United States of America!!"

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