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You are looking at Mrs. Sally Fickland, who in 1947 is looking at the actual Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed when she was three years old … and a slave. In September 2012, this document turns 150 years old. Look at it — it’s old enough that the penmanship looks quaint, but it’s recent enough…