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Engraving commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation
 
Engraving depicting the second, and better known, emancipation of Southern slaves, under Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. To learn how Lincoln's act drew on the history of  the Black Seminoles, see the preceding slides. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-2573.