1863 AD
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln declares enslaved people in rebel states free.
- Time period
- 1863 AD
- Region
- United States
- Theme
- Politics
- Civilization
- United States
On 1 January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the enslaved people in Confederate-held areas to be free. It also allowed Black men to serve in the Union army. It made abolition a Union war aim and paved the way for the 13th Amendment.