The following document is the Emancipation Proclamation, made by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
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Tens of thousands of people emigrated to the UK from Ireland during this period for a variety of reasons. You mention as a ârefugeeâ from the Civil War or its aftermath and there were many people of protestant backgrounds who left Ireland because they did not believe the new Free State would be a tolerant or safe place for them to remain.