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The End

In a variant of the concluding tableau that had often been used since 1865, the movie ends with a composite title: part of the text of the Emancipation Proclamation over a picture of Lincoln

--by virtue of the power invested--all persons held as slaves, shall be thenceforward and forever free--upon this act I invoke the considerate judgement of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God--