Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation — Archival print

This print is also available in a much smaller commercial print.  The text of Emancipation Proclamation, with two U.S. flags and eagle over the head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. First published by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, c1888. Size: 22" x 30", which is very close to the original size. About the paper weight and printing process: Printed on fine art grade 100% cotton rag, acid-free archival paper with archival inks. Note: We also have this print in a much smaller commercial print.  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