Image: File photo of the Emancipation Proclamation displayed at the National Archives building in Washington
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Nightly News   |  December 30, 2012

Emancipation Proclamation turns 150

New Year’s Day marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation – when President Lincoln sign an order that broke the back of the slave trade. NBC’s Ron Mott reports.

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