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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
Title
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
Description
This Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to take effect on Janurary 1st, 1863, only granted freedom to slaves residing in states in active rebellion. The document is so conditional that Union captured counties or cities of seceded states such as New Orleans were not subject to this Proclamation.
Object Type
Government Document
Date
September 22, 1862
Proclamation to Discharge Kansas Volunteer Militia
Title
Proclamation to Discharge Kansas Volunteer Militia
Description
The lower half of this page includes a complete proclamation by Territorial Kansas Governor John W. Geary on September 11, 1856. Geary declares that the Kansas volunteer militia, originally organized to maintain order, is "no longer required, and hereby order that they be immediately discharged." This page is taken from the 1888 publication of Collections of the Kansas Historical Society, v. IV.
Object Type
Government Document
Date
September 11, 1856