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GE.Hates of the ering lanci-:s can ; and a3 by the farm-t rayng of event on ofO! January, declares mat ail persons held a3 slaves in Arkansas, Texas, Louisana, (except certain portions,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and part of Eastern Virginia, are and shall be henceforward free. It also declares that such persons will be received into the army and navy.By this proclamation 3,120,273 slaves are declared free, leaving 830.238 not freed. These figures are from the census, and probably the number left in the excepted counties of Louisiana and Virginia and in the Border States will not be more than 800,000, seven-eighths of which are in the Border States, while over three millions are declared absolutely free !
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New York Herald Progress
New York, New York, US
Sat, Jan 10, 1863
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