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The Emancipation Proclamation, written by President Abraham Lincoln, gave slaves their freedom in American on January 1st, 1863. This was only applicable to slaves under control of the then-Confederate government, and had no effect, as the Southerners would not listen to what they believed to be "foreign" laws. Universal emancipation came in the form of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, granting all persons freedom, on January 31st, 1865.

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