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Emancipation


1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed

1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves

1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln

1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers

1858 Partial emancipation of Russian serfs

1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas

1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation


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