<Table> Emancipation Proclamation <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Henry Lewis Stephens , untitled watercolor ( c. 1863 ) of a black man reading a newspaper with headline `` Presidential Proclamation / Slavery '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The five page original document , held in the National Archives Building . Until 1936 it had been bound with other proclamations in a large volume held by the Department of State . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Presidential proclamation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signed by </Th> <Td> Abraham Lincoln on 22 September 1862 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Summary </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> During the American Civil War , enslaved people in the designated areas of the South declared `` free '' </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Emancipation Proclamation <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Henry Lewis Stephens , untitled watercolor ( c. 1863 ) of a black man reading a newspaper with headline `` Presidential Proclamation / Slavery '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The five page original document , held in the National Archives Building . Until 1936 it had been bound with other proclamations in a large volume held by the Department of State . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Presidential proclamation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signed by </Th> <Td> Abraham Lincoln on 22 September 1862 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Summary </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> During the American Civil War , enslaved people in the designated areas of the South declared `` free '' </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the emancipation proclamation signed into law
when was the emancipation proclamation signed into law
22 September 1862
22 September 1862