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title: "Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so important?"  
description: "Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so important?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42679/why-was-the-emancipation-proclamation-so-important  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so important? 

Why was the [Emancipation Proclamation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34871/which-president-wrote-the-emancipation-proclamation) so important?


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