A preliminary version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation Proclamation">Emancipation Proclamation</a> is released by Abraham Lincoln.<sup about="#mwt43" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_22#cite_note-6" id="mwWA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwWQ">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt40" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB3Q"><a class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/transcript_preliminary_emancipation.html" id="mwB3U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 1862"</a>. <i id="mwB3Y"><a href="./National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" id="mwB3c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Archives and Records Administration">National Archives and Records Administration</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB3g">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB3k">2023-07-09</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt40" class="Z3988" id="mwB3o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=National+Archives+and+Records+Administration&amp;rft.atitle=The+Preliminary+Emancipation+Proclamation%2C+1862&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fexhibits%2Famerican_originals_iv%2Fsections%2Ftranscript_preliminary_emancipation.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+22"></span></span>