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Emancipation Proclamation. The executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. It proclaimed the freedom of the nation's slaves. Emancipation Proclamation. [A reprint.]. Messages, etc., of Presidents. II. Separate Messages. Lincoln (Abraham), 1861-65. Bruce Rogers: Cambridge, Mass., 1907. Source: C.160.c.4.(2). Language: English.