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The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback)) (1st Edition) by Michael Vorenberg Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-312-43581-9 / 0312435819 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-43581-3 / 9780312435813 Within months of Lincolnâs 1860 election, the Confederate states seceded and the Civil War began. In his inaugural address Lincoln vowed not to interfere with slavery and even endorsed a constitutional amendment to protect it. Yet two years later Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freei |