National Archives shares Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in New York September 21-24 (USA)

To mark the sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, two original versions of President Abraham Lincoln's momentous Proclamation will be displayed together for the first time. This historic showing at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York on September 21-24 is part of the New York State Museum's traveling exhibition "The First Step to Freedom: Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation"