fist pumps and the Emancipation Proclamation. To print a coloring page, right-click on it and select “Open image in new tab” or “Open link in new window,” depending on your browser.

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

click image for close ... room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation.

Stacker describes the events after the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the full abolition of slavery, using records, academic commentary, and reports.