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The rumor that was music to the ears of freedmen was the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. This executive order declared all enslaved individuals in Confederate-held territory to be legally free. It was a significant step towards ending slavery in the United States and granting freedom to millions of African Americans.

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