The Emancipation Proclamation

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Across
  1. 6. President who issued the proclamation
  2. 7. Year the preliminary proclamation was issued
  3. 8. Era following the Civil War and emancipation
  4. 10. Promise of the proclamation for many enslaved people
  5. 12. States where the proclamation did not apply
  6. 13. Technology used to transmit the proclamation
  7. 14. People freed by the proclamation in rebellious states
  8. 15. Thousand, number of slaves immediately freed by the proclamation
  9. 16. First, date the final proclamation took effect
  10. 18. Celebration of the proclamation reaching Texas
  11. 20. Necessity, justification used by Lincoln for the proclamation
Down
  1. 1. Frederick, prominent Black abolitionist who met with Lincoln
  2. 2. Proclamation issued in September 1862
  3. 3. Order, type of presidential action used for the proclamation
  4. 4. States where slavery remained legal despite the proclamation
  5. 5. Power invoked by Lincoln to issue the proclamation
  6. 9. States where the proclamation freed slaves
  7. 11. Of African Americans formed in Union-occupied areas
  8. 17. Term for slaves who escaped to Union lines
  9. 19. Amendment that later abolished slavery nationwide