Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, and said that a final proclamation would be issued if his gradual plan, based on compensated emancipation and voluntary colonization, was rejected.
Lincoln mengeluarkan Proklamasi Emansipasinya yang sementara pada tanggal 22 September 1862 dan menyatakan bahwa proklamasi versi final akan dikeluarkan jika rencananya yanh bertahap berdasarkan emansipasi yang mengkompensasi pemilik budak dan kolonisasi secara sukarela akan ditolak.