Several years later, then-President Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves living in Confederate states who were against the Union.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2026
People don't know that the Republicans are the party that freed the slaves.
—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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