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Francis Bicknell Carpenter's 1864 painting 'First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln' showing Lincoln presenting the proclamation to his cabinet.
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September 22, 1862: The Freedom Papers That Didn’t Free Anybody

On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation — a 100-day warning that didn't free a single…