The Emancipation Proclamation
                        
                            GPTKB entity
                        
                    
                Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object | 
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Executive_Order | 
| gptkbp:appliesTo | gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America border states loyal to the Union | 
| gptkbp:country | gptkb:United_States | 
| gptkbp:documentType | presidential proclamation | 
| gptkbp:effect | freed slaves in rebelling states | 
| gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution | 
| gptkbp:fullTitle | gptkb:Proclamation_95 | 
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance | major step toward abolition of slavery in the United States | 
| gptkbp:issuedBy | gptkb:President_of_the_United_States | 
| gptkbp:language | English | 
| gptkbp:locationSigned | gptkb:Washington,_D.C. | 
| gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1862 | 
| gptkbp:purpose | free slaves in Confederate states | 
| gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:American_Civil_War | 
| gptkbp:signedBy | gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln January 1, 1863 | 
| gptkbp:subject | American history civil rights slavery | 
| gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Dr._John_Hope_Franklin | 
| gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 | 
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | The Emancipation Proclamation |