Curated OER
National Park Service: Antietam: The Emancipation Proclamation (Full Text)
Read a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September, 1862, and put into law on January 1, 1863.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Emancipation Proclamation
Primary resource provides full text of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued January, 1863 as well as his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued September, 1862.
University of Oklahoma
Chronology of u.s. Historical Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation 1864
Here you can find the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September 1862, and passed into law on January 1, 1863.
US National Archives
National Archives: Letter to President Abraham Lincoln From Annie Davis
"Will you please let me know if I am free?" wrote Annie Davis. Annie Davis was a slave who wrote this letter to President Lincoln 20 months after the Emancipation Proclamation. To understand her confusion, examine the following documents...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like Historians: Emancipation Proclamation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students consider whether Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, or the...
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Emancipation Proclamation 1863
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a brief overview of the Emancipation Proclamation. Includes the transcript of the document. Links to related sites are available.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Lincoln, the North, and the Question of Emancipation
This learning module explores Lincoln's arguments against slavery as well as public feelings and concerns about emancipation as expressed through art and literature of the day.
National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center: Emancipation Proclamation [Pdf]
Classroom ready resource includes primary resource document of the Emancipation Proclamation, background information and questions for discussion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Emancipation Proclamation
Read about the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Emancipation Proclamation Practice Questions for Kids
History Questions: Emancipation Proclamation Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Proclamation of Emancipation
View an elaborate engraving of the Emancipation Proclamation, produced two years after Lincoln first issued it. It marries Civil War-era iconography with the text of Lincoln's declaration and is a useful resource for analyzing artistic...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Emancipation Proclamation Text
Read the original words and text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: Emancipation Proclamation
A site discussing the Emancipation Proclamation when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves during the Civil War.