Black and white engraving print circa 1866 entitled "The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet".
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Black and white engraving print circa 1866 entitled "The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet". It depicts a seated US President Abraham Lincoln and Cabinet members on July 22 1862 discussing the first draft of the proclamation to free slaves under Confederate control. The proclamation ultimately consisted of two Presidential Executive Orders. The first, issued on September 22 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any Confederate states that did not return to Union control by January 1 1863. The second, issued on January 1 1863, named 10 specific states where it would apply. The Proclamation did not actually make slavery in itself illegal but was a major step towards its abolition. Slavery was ultimately abolished and prohibited under the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution adopted on December 6 1865. Engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822 - 1895), based on the painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830 - 1900).