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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
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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
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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