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On this date in 1861, John C. Fremont issued a proclamation freeing the slaves of Missouri rebels. President Lincoln revoked his proclamation.
A major in the Union Army, Fremont would become an American Civil War general. After the war, he became California's first senator and ran for president of the United States.
Reference:
The Encyclopedia Britannica, Twenty-fourth Edition.
Copyright 1996 Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.
ISBN 0-85229-633-0
