1862 - Emancipation Proclamation

Resources for Teachers

• Emancipation Proclamation Web Guide - Primary Documents in American History  
• The first printing of the preliminary version - American Treasures of the Library of Congress Top Treasures Exhibition.  
• Emancipation Proclamation Special Presentation - an introduction, timeline and  gallery within The Abraham Lincoln Papers Collection of American Memory.  
• Reminiscences of the Proclamation of Emancipation, an article published in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review from the The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 collection of American Memory.
• Emancipation Proclamation Collection Connection for "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Scroll down to #5).  
• Historical Issue-Analysis and Decision-Making: The Emancipation Proclamation - "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Scroll down to #5).  
• Emancipation Proclamation: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Top Treasures Exhibition.  
• The Emacipation Proclamation: Freedom's First Steps - an Edsitement lesson plan for high school students incorporating Library of Congress resources.  

Resources for Students

• Juneteenth Celebration - America's Library  
• W.C. Young Community Center A Local Legacy America's Library: Explore the States.  

Library of Congress Primary Sources

• Emancipation: song and chorus: American Memory 
• The president's emancipation march/composed for the piano by Geo. E. Fawcett: American Memory 
• Emancipation march; composed and arranged for the piano and respectfully dedicated to his excellency Abraham Lincoln/by Thomas J. Martin: American Memory 
• Emancipation hymn:quartette & chorus/composed and dedicated by permission to the Salem Union League by Manuel Fenollosa, Salem, Mass., June 1863; (words by R.T.L.): American Memory 
• U.S. Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, September 1862 (Petition supporting Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Hannibal Hamlin to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 25, 1862 (Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Green Adams to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 31, 1862 (Emancipation Proclamation) American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln to Joseph E. Segar, Thursday, April 23, 1863 (Eastern Shore of Virginia and Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory  
• Abiel A. Livermore to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 24, 1862 (Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory  
• Richard McLaughlin to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 09, 1863 (Offers to distribute copies of Emancipation Proclamation in the seceded states): American Memory 
• William H. Sewell to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 30, 1862 (Recommended alterations to the Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Francis A. Hoffman to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 25, 1862 (Telegram supporting Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Montgomery Blair, Wednesday, December 31, 1862 (Notes on Emancipation Proclamation) American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863 (Final Emancipation Proclamation--Final Draft (Lithograph copy): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln to Ladies in Charge of North-Western Sanitary Fair, Monday, October 26, 1863 (Donation of final draft of Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 22, 1862 (Preliminary draft of Emancipation Proclamation) American Memory 
• Charles Sumner to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, December 28, 1862 (Requests pen that Lincoln will use to sign Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory  
• Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, Wednesday, September 02, 1863 (Emancipation Proclamation in Virginia and Louisiana): American Memory 
• Owen Lovejoy to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, October 14, 1863 (Requests that original draft of Emancipation Proclamation be donated to North-Western Sanitary Fair): American Memory  
• William Sprague to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, September 26, 1862 (Emancipation Proclamation and enlistment of black soldiers): American Memory  
• Barry Gray to Abraham Lincoln, January 1863 (Poem celebrating Emancipation Proclamation) American Memory  
• Abraham Lincoln (December 30, 1862) (Final Emancipation Proclamation--Preliminary Draft with Suggested Changes): American Memory 
• George Livermore to Charles Sumner, Monday, January 05, 1863 (Received pen used by Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, (December 30, 1862) (Final Emancipation Proclamation--Preliminary Draft with Changes by William Henry Seward: American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, (December 30, 1862) (Final Emancipation Proclamation-Preliminary Draft) American Memory  
• Abraham Lincoln, December 30, 1862) (Final Emancipation Proclamation--Preliminary Draft with Changes suggested by Edward Bates, with copies: Made for Members of the Cabinet): American Memory  
• Abraham Lincoln January 01, 1863 (Final Emanication Proclamation, Office Copy): American Memory  
• Henry N. Cobb to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 06, 1864 (Send Persian newspaper with translation of Emancipation Proclamation): American Memory 
• Emancipation Proclamation drawing: Prints and Photographs 
• Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation/The Strobridge Lith., Co., Cincinnati: Prints and Photographs  
• Emancipation Proclamation statue: Prints and Photographs 
• Proclamation of emancipation/Richardson: Prints and Photographs 
• U.S. Capitol paintings. Emancipation Proclamation, 1862: Prints and Photographs 
• Emancipation Proclamation: Prints and Photographs 
• Reading the Emancipation Proclamation: Prints and Photographs 
• President Lincoln in the War Department Telegraph Office writing the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation: Prints and Photographs 
• President Lincoln, writing the Proclamation of Freedom. January 1, 1863/painted by (David Gilmour Blythe; lithogr. and printed in colors by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Cincinnati, O.): Prints and Photographs 

Other Resources

• National Archives   
• PBS - Emancipation Proclamation 
• New York State Library - Emancipation Proclamation Virtual Exhibit