On February 19, 1861, Tsar Alexander II promulgated the Emancipation Manifesto, which abolished serfdom in Russia after over two hundred years.Read the Emancipation Manifesto.
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Russia ends serfdom with Emancipation Manifesto
President Roosevelt authorized internment of Japanese Americans
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, authorizing the wartime internment of Japanese Americans.Learn more about the internment of Japanese Americans from the National Archives.
