Five days after the battle, President Lincoln released the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about the document here.
The Emancipation Proclamation did not free the 87,000 people enslaved in Maryland. Learn more here.
Learn about the Philadelphia Brigade's role at the Battle of Antietam and their connection to abolition.
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