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![Proclamation emancipation, [Smith/Rosenthal].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLWVtYW5jaXBhdGlvbi1zbWl0aHJvc2VudGhhbC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/400/jpg "Proclamation emancipation, [Smith/Rosenthal].")
![[J. S. Smith & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvai1zLXNtaXRoLWFuZC1jby1jb3B5LW9mLXRoZS1lbWFuY2lwYXRpb24tcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[J. S. Smith & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]")
![Proclamation of emancipation. The second Declaration of Independence! [L. Smith].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLW9mLWVtYW5jaXBhdGlvbi10aGUtc2Vjb25kLWRlY2xhcmF0aW9uLW9mLWluZGVwZW5kZW5jZS1sLXNtaXRoLWJhMzIxOS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "Proclamation of emancipation. The second Declaration of Independence! [L. Smith].")
![James McNeill Whistler - [The forge] [Smiths, Ajaccio].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWZvcmdlLXNtaXRocy1hamFjY2lvLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "James McNeill Whistler - [The forge] [Smiths, Ajaccio].")
![[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvcm9iZXJ0cy1hbmQtYWx2b3JkLWVkaXRpb24tdGhlLWVtYW5jaXBhdGlvbi1wcm9jbGFtYXRpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]")
![[Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdGhlb2RvcmUtcm9vc2V2ZWx0LWpyLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![Emancipation proclamation, [folded broadside].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZW1hbmNpcGF0aW9uLXByb2NsYW1hdGlvbi1mb2xkZWQtYnJvYWRzaWRlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "Emancipation proclamation, [folded broadside].")
