...respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States," and declared as follows : — " All persons held as slaves within said designated...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labour faithfully for reasonable...

...Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I...free, to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labour faithfully for reasonable...

...Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I...free, to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labour faithfully for reasonable...

...; and that the executive government of 1 For Proclamation of September, 1SG2, see ante, p. 345. the United States, including the military and naval authorities...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...

...States and parts of States are and hereafter shall be free, .... and I hereby enjoin upon the people BO declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence'." ABRAHAM LIXCOLX. SAINT PATRICK, slave to Milcho of the herds Of Ballymena, sleeping,...

...Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...declared to be free, to abstain from all violence except in necessary self-defense ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor...

...Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West-Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...

...excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. e!are?, therein And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid,...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...

...not issued. And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare thttt all persons held as slaves within said designated...free to abstain from all violence unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...

...be free; and that the Executive government of the United States,' including the military and uaval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...