Emancipation Proclamation Pen
Pen used by Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation
Pen by Blanzy Poure & Cie, Paris; nib by B. & P. Lawrence, mid-19th century
On 1 January 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He signed the document with this pen, which he then presented to Massachusetts abolitionist George Livermore. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not put an immediate end to slavery in the United States, it freed the slaves of the Confederate states. The effect was not realized until all of the Confederate states were under Union control. As the Union line advanced south, freedom from slavery spread as well. The Proclamation also announced the Union's acceptance of black soldiers into the army and navy. By the end of the Civil War, approximately 200,000 African-American soldiers had fought for the Union. Lincoln presented the pen to Livermore through Charles Sumner.
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