Emancipation Proclamation
- (in the American Civil War) the announcement made by President Lincoln on 22 September 1862 emancipating all black slaves in states still engaged in rebellion against the Federal Union. Although implementation was strictly beyond Lincoln's powers, the declaration turned the war into a crusade against slavery.《解放宣言》（在美国内战期间由林肯总统于1862年9月22日颁布, 宣布仍在进行叛乱活动的诸州的所有黑人奴隶为自由人; 虽然林肯无法在叛乱州实施《宣言》, 但《宣言》的颁布使美国内战成为一场讨伐奴隶制的斗争）。