1863 ⟶ Emancipation Proclamation Issued by Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamati...
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📜 Emancipation Proclamation Issued by Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring slaves in Confederate territories free, a pivotal step toward abolishing slavery in the United States.⟶
American Civil WarSlaveryEmancipationAbolitionismAbraham LincolnCivil Rights
United States🏃🏿♂️ Enslaved Man Gordon Escapes Louisiana Plantation
Gordon (slave) Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", was an enslaved African American who escaped from a Louisiana plantation in March 1863.⟶
SlaveryAmerican Civil WarAfrican American HistoryLouisianaEmancipationAbolitionismResistance
United States📜 Reconstruction Begins; Slavery Abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment
1865–1877: Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.⟶
ReconstructionCivil RightsSlaveryAbolitionCivil WarPost-WarLegislation
United States🔪 Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
April 14: United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865.⟶
AssassinationAmerican Civil WarReconstruction EraAbraham LincolnPolitical Violence
United States📜 Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Approved
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is approved.⟶
Civil RightsConstitutional LawReconstruction EraEqualityCitizenshipAmerican PoliticsLegal History
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