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lincoln waited until after the union victory at gettysburg to deliver the emancipation proclamation in january 1863. a. true b. false

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Although Lincoln had wanted to do it sooner, his cabinet convinced him that the effect would be more profound if he were to do it after a major Union Victory.

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