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African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nicodemus, KS
Title
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nicodemus, KS
Description
View of the east front of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Adams & Third Streets, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Object Type
Image
Date
n.d.
Emancipation Proclamation
Title
Emancipation Proclamation
Description
This is a photograph of President Lincoln’s handwritten draft of the final Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln liberated millions of African Americans from slavery with these famous words: “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free.” The original draft of the Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, was lost in the Chicago fire of 1871.
Object Type
Government Document
Date
January 1, 1863