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This emancipation proclamation predates President Lincoln’s
ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in ...
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Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis in 1861
Missouri, a slave state, was deeply divided, and Fremont's proclamation declared martial law and freed the slaves in the state. Fremont, known as the 'Pathfinder' for his explorations of the West ...