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What does the term "proclamation" mean in this context? Check all that apply.

"Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things the following, to wit:

–Emancipation Proclamation,

Abraham Lincoln"

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like a declaration or an announcement. he was proclaiming/declaring the slaves would be free from then on out

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