Commemorative Print of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864
date: label: date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1863
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: R. A. Dimmick
notes: label: Description
content: In the summer of 1862, Lincoln drafted an executive order on slavery. Published in September, it declared that, as of January 1, 1863, all persons held in slavery in areas still in rebellion would be “then, thenceforward, and forever free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not directly free any enslaved people in Union-controlled areas, it was widely understood that a Union victory would mean the end of slavery.
label: Description
content: Publishers throughout the North printed decorative copies of the Emancipation Proclamation after its enactment. R. A. Dimmick published this engraving in 1864.
label: Description
content: Gift of Ralph E. Becker, 1959
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: referenced
content: Blacks
label: classified
content: abolitionism
label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Slavery
label: related event
content: Emancipation Proclamation (2)
label: related event
content: Emancipation Proclamation (1)
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content: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1863.F03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1863.F03
label: accession number
content: 274861
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: broadside, illuminated
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white with black type; yellow; blue; red; green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 16 in; 55.88 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: mat: 26 1/4 in x 20 1/2 in; 66.675 cm x 52.07 cm