Today in History for January 1st
Castro seizes power in Cuba; Abraham Lincoln signs emancipation proclamation; Ellis Island opens; Hank Williams Sr. dies. Credit: www.grabnetworks.com
In 1863, in the heat of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln announced that all slaves on Confederate territory were free. While the Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave, as Lincoln had no control of Confederate territory, it...
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