Slavery ended for millions in the United States with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865. But celebrations began earlier with the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which freed only the enslaved African Americans in ten of the eleven Confederate states. However, news of the Proclamation took two and a half …
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SUN 1:00 – 5:00 pm
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Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
2600 Richview Road
P.O. Box 923
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
(618) 242-1236
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