Proper noun
Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation, announced by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, and going into effect on January 1, 1863; that all slaves in areas in rebellion (i.e. under Confederate control) would be free.
Abraham Lincoln, Brooklyn Museum The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Source: Internet
As Henry Adams noted, "The Emancipation Proclamation has done more for us than all our former victories and all our diplomacy." Source: Internet
Britain had abolished it in the 1830s, and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 made support for the South even less appealing in Europe. Source: Internet
All abolished slavery on their own, except Kentucky and Delaware. citation Since the Emancipation Proclamation was based on the President's war powers, it only included territory held by Confederates at the time. Source: Internet
But Douglass concluded, finally, after Lincoln embraced the emancipation - issued the Emancipation Proclamation and after the war turned out well, that Lincoln was probably a better judge of American politics than Douglass himself was. Source: Internet
Enlisting former slaves in the military was official government policy after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Source: Internet