The Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 creator text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Emancipation Proclamation" by Abraham Lincoln is a presidential proclamation issued on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. This executive order changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in Confederate states from enslaved to free. The Proclamation transformed the Civil War from a struggle to preserve the Union into a fight to end slavery, energizing abolitionists while outraging Southern sympathizers and reshaping the nation's future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation Release date is 2007-07-16 Original publication data not identified United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation E456 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22082 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22082 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133517.0 22082