After Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that took effect on January 1, 1863, it became clear that northern victory would mean the end of slavery.

林肯发表了于1863年生效的《解放宣言》后，人们清楚地看到北方的胜利将意味着奴隶制的结束。

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Ultimately, of course, Lincoln saved the Union, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and stood firmly by it, despite criticism.

最重要的一点呢，当然是林肯拯救了美国，签署并且坚定地维护《解放黑奴宣言》，尽管当时批评纷纭。

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The document would become one of the most important in American history. The Emancipation Proclamation is in the National archives in Washington, and it can be seen online at archives. gov.

这份文件将成为美国历史上的一份重要文件，解放宣言保存在华盛顿的美国档案馆，可以在线浏览。

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Just before the first of the year, a congressman asked the president if he still planned to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

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On this day,September seventeenth, he has finished his second draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

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The Emancipation Proclamation had cost the South the recognition of Britain and France.

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Christie's, in a competing Dec. 19 auction of U.S. historical manuscripts, is selling a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by both Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward.

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In 2010, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln was hung in the Oval Office above a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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In July, 1862, when Lincoln presented the Cabinet with a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Seward warned that it could prompt foreign governments to intervene on behalf of the South, and said that it should be delivered at a time of military strength, not weakness.

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