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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* September 22 - President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which formally mandates the freedom of | * September 22 - President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which formally mandates the freedom of African-Americans from [[slavery]] in the Southern United States, effective January 1, 1863. | ||
== Births == | == Births == | ||