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Published: September 23, 2012

Rev. Barbara White of Evans Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church delivers a blessing as the City of Noriwch hosts a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the release of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in front of Norwich City Hall Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. President Lincoln released the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation following the U.S. Civil War battle of Antietam fought on Sept. 17, 1862 outside of Sharpsburg Maryland. The battle was deemed a Union victory allowing President Lincoln to release the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862. The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American History.

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