Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th
Published 01/01/2013, The Jamestown Sun
WASHINGTON (AP) — As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.”Word count: 1089
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