...was the president's announcement that slaves freed under it "will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service."9 Traditionally, enemy slaves freed during wartime had been actively recruited to fight against...

...slaves will be accepted into the armed forces. The document details how the freed slaves will be used to "garrison forts, positions, stations, and other...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." Curiously, Lincoln says nothing about actually putting black soldiers into battle. The reaction in...

...a monument to his memory. Part of the Emancipation Proclamation appears on the back of the statue: "And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind...

...declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind,...

...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind...

...declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind,...