Freedom to Slaves!

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Content type
Content type
Image
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Encyclopedia Virginia
Title
Title
Title
Freedom to Slaves!
Resource Type
Resource Type
Image
Description
Description
Brigadier General Robert Huston Milroy (1816–1890), commanding the United States Army units then posted in Winchester, pronounced the Emancipation Proclamation in effect, thereby freeing all enslaved Virginians in Winchester and Frederick County.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
evr10620
Persons
Persons
Brigadier General Robert Huston Milroy: Creator (cre)
Genre
Genre
Manuscripts/Texts
Broadside
Subject
Subject
emancipation
slavery
Robert Milroy
winchester
Note
Note
Note Type
date/sequential designation
Note
January 5, 1863
Note Type
creation/production credits
Note
Library of Virginia
URL
URL
http://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/exhibits/show/remaking-virgini…
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Restriction on Access
Open
Language
English
Name
Freedom to Slaves!
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