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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Emancipation Proclamation Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: John Greenman Format: Original Recording Length: 7 mins Language: English Release date: 12-23-14 Publisher: Spoken Realms Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the eleven states that were still in rebellion, excluding areas controlled by the Union and thus applying to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time. The Proclamation was based on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces; it was not a law passed by Congress. The Proclamation also ordered that