Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation as a small poster

This is a smaller, commercially-printed version of the Emancipation Proclamation print from the The Strobridge Lith. Co.

Also available, Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation — Limited edition archival print

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over the head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. First published by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, c1888.

Size: 11" x 15"

This small print is also a part of our "History Lover" Small poster and print collection which includes 8 prints and posters for learning history at home. Save $20.65.

About the paper weight and printing process: Printed on a 10 pt. Cardstock matte using standard inks. 

Historical background

Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery, it did change the basic character of the Civil War. Instead of waging a war to restore the old Union as it was before 1861, the North was now fighting to create a new Union without slavery. The proclamation also authorized the recruitment of African Americans as Union soldiers. By the end of the Civil War, approximately 180,000 African Americans had served in the Union army and 18,000 in the navy.

Source: Library of Congress