Each planet in our solar system is unique, but they all have a few things in common, too. For example, every planet has a north and a south pole. These points are in the center of the planet at its ends.
Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd, 1862. It stipulated that if the Southern states did not cease their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, then Proclamation would go into effect.
Emancipation Day is typically celebrated on April 16, the day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, which freed about 3,100 slaves living in the District.