Missouri History Today January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation Enacted But Bypasses Missouri
Missouri History Today January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation Enacted But Bypasses Missouri
January 11, 1865
Since Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not cover Missouri, the state’s Constitutional Convention voted on this day to abolish slavery in Missouri. Missouri was the first former slave state to do so.