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150 Years: Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Did the document free Africans enslaved in the United States?
Was Abraham Lincoln the “Great Emancipator”?
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Discuss these questions and more as the Macon Library community observes the 150th anniversary of the “Emancipation Proclamation,” featuring a:
- Screening of “Fight for Freedom: The Inspiring Story of African American Civil War Soldiers.”
- Read aloud of the “Emancipation Proclamation.”
- Libation tribute to freedom fighters and abolitionists of the 19th Century.
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