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By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide to American History since 2001

Emancipation Proclamation to the 13th Amendment

Thursday December 18, 2008
Two years after Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment was created. This Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery throughout the entire United States and not just areas under Union control.

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