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Emancipation

African Americans had a long struggle to ensure that they were included in the freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights

CREDIT: Nast, Thomas, artist. "Emancipation." Wood engraving. Philadelphia, S. Bott, 1865. African American Odyssey: The Quest for Full Citizenship, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.



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