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" And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free... "
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the ... - Page 806
1864
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for tho present, left precisely as if this proclamation were...free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...
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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War

Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, . . . ) And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid,...and declare that all persons held as slaves within the said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive...
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Lincoln's Constitution

Daniel A. Farber - History - 2004 - 251 pages
...suppressing said rebellion." Listing the portions of the South still under Confederate control, he declared that "all persons held as slaves within said designated...parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation was not up to Lincoln's usual standard of eloquence, but it said what...
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and "I do order and. declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and part of States, are, and henceforward shall he free ..." //' 0 /• • xy /> as a fit and necessary...
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The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity

William Wells Brown - History - 2003 - 268 pages
...City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not made. "And by virtue of the power, for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons...
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Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction

Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth [)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this...free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...
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The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and ...

History - 2004 - 556 pages
...York, Princess Ann and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this...FREE, and that the Executive Government of the United 226 States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of [blank space for insertion]. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid,...States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...— and the listing was left blank until Lincoln had the final tally from the War Department — / do order, and declare, that all persons held as slaves...States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free. There was a slight shift in wording at this crucial point from the first draft...
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The Civil War and the Constitution 1859-1865, Vol. 2

John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 385 pages
...York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this...; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...
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