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On the recordApril 30, 1963
I am unveiling today the design of the stamp which commemorates the Emancipation Proclamation 100 years ago which, of course, freed 3 million slaves.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks on the Stamp Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

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