On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Among the vast holdings at Harvard's houghtonlib are this colorful 1865 broadside, shown in detail here. The entire print shows the text of the Emancipation Proclamation set within an illustrated border of portraits of leading people who fought for freedom before the Proclamation, the President's Cabinet, and images of slavery contrasted with images of free African-Americans. #Harvard #emancipationproclamation