The meeting soon adjourned, and the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ... Yet even when Lincoln acted decisively on September 22, he announced that he would sign the act only 100 days hence ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...

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What did the Emancipation Act do and how is it different from the Emancipation Proclamation? The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 was passed by Congress and signed by President Lincoln.