<u>It is true</u>. <em><u>On January 1, 1863</u></em>, as the nation approached its third year of civil war, President Abraham Lincoln issued the<u> final Emancipation Proclamation</u>. <u>The preliminary Proclamation</u> was issued the year before, <em><u>on September 22nd</u></em>. <u>It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the Southern rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."</u>
The Emancipation proclamation was a law issued by Abraham Lincoln true or false
Explanation:
<u>The Proclamation of Emancipation was a presidential proclamation, and an executive order issued by the president of the United States Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
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