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The document summarizes the events leading up to and following Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Lincoln had been pressured by abolitionists to end slavery but waited until the passage of the Second Confiscation Act in 1862. In July 1862, Lincoln drafted a preliminary proclamation and shared it with his cabinet, receiving mixed reactions. After further refinement, Lincoln issued the final proclamation on January 1, 1863, which declared the emancipation of slaves in Confederat

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