Presidential Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
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Proclamation of Emancipation: Freedom of the Slaves in Rebellious States on the First Day of January Next.
News article: On the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
The Emancipation Proclamation
News article: On the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864
Emancipation Proclamation.
News article: On the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Colored People of Memphis Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation
News article: On Memphis celebrations of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864
Effects of the President’s Emancipation Proclamation: A Bombshell in the Rebel Camp.
News article: On resolutions against the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
Is Slavery Dead
News article: On the effects of the Emancipation on slavery and the civil war, 1864
36 H.R. 64 (1859-1861)
A bill to disapprove and declare null and void all territorial acts and parts of acts heretofore passed by the legislative assembly of New Mexico which establish, protect, or legalize involuntary servitude or slavery within said Territory, except as punishment for crime upon due conviction., 1860
38 H.R. 51 (1863-1865)
An act to establish a Bureau of Freedmen’s Affairs, 1864
39 S. 6 (1865-1867)
A bill supplying appropriate legislation to enforce the amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery., 1865
37 H.R. 634 (1861-1863)
An act giving aid to the State of Missouri for the purpose of securing the abolishment of slavery in said State., 1863
37 H.R. 106 (1861-1863)
A bill to facilitate the suppression of the rebellion and prevent its return, and that the President be requested to declare free, and to direct all our generals and officers in command to order freedom to, all enslaved persons who shall leave their masters, or shall aid in quelling this rebellion., 1861
38 S. 227 (1863-1865)
A bill to establish a bureau of freedmen., 1864
37 S. 216 (1861-1863)
A bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
37 S. 252 (1861-1863)
A bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
39 S. 55 (1865-1867)
A bill to maintain and enforce the freedom of the inhabitants of the United States., 1865
Joint Resolution declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery
Joint Resolution declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery, 1862
37 S. 78 (1861-1863)
A bill for the confiscation of the property of rebels, and giving freedom to the persons they hold in slavery., 1861
38 S. 123 (1863-1865)
A bill to abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States., 1864
38 S. 128 (1863-1865)
A bill to provide for the renting of abandoned lands, tenements, and houses in insurrectionary States, and for the care and employment of persons therein set free by proclamation of the President., 1864
38 S. 159 (1863-1865)
A bill to aid the proclamation of emancipation issued by the President on the First day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three., 1864
38 S. 188 (1863-1865)
A bill to prohibit commerce in enslaved persons among the several States, and the holding or transportation of human beings as property in any vessel within the jurisdiction of the national government., 1864
38 S. 63 (1863-1865)
A bill to establish a Bureau of Emancipation, 1864
Emancipation in Missouri. Letter from H.R. Gamble, Governor of Missouri, transmitting resolution of the convention of that state, responsive to the joint resolution of the House of Representatives passed April 10, 1862, in relation to co-operation with states desiring to emancipate their slaves.
Letter from Governor transmitting resolutions of convention of Missouri, on emancipation of enslaved persons, 1862
Petition of citizens of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for an annual appropriation to remove to Africa all free Negroes and manumitted slaves.
Petition of citizens of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, for appropriation to remove to Africa all free negroes and manumitted enslaved persons, 1836