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the Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. the first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. the second order, issued January 1, 1863, named 10 specific states where it would apply. Lincoln issued the Executive Order by his authority as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy" under Article II, section 2 of theU.S. Constitution.

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