Curated OER
National Park Service: Antietam: The Emancipation Proclamation (Full Text)
Read a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September, 1862, and put into law on January 1, 1863.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Emancipation Proclamation
Primary resource provides full text of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued January, 1863 as well as his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued September, 1862.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Emancipation Proclamation Practice Questions for Kids
History Questions: Emancipation Proclamation Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Proclamation of Emancipation
View an elaborate engraving of the Emancipation Proclamation, produced two years after Lincoln first issued it. It marries Civil War-era iconography with the text of Lincoln's declaration and is a useful resource for analyzing artistic...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Emancipation Proclamation Text
Read the original words and text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: Emancipation Proclamation
A site discussing the Emancipation Proclamation when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves during the Civil War.