 ... that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 595by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Scot French - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 400 pages
...clearly agonized over the prospect of inciting rebellion. In a draft of the proclamation, he wrote: "I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be...when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages."124 While Northern critics questioned the constitutionality and practicality of the proclamation,... | |
 | Stanley Harrold - Political Science - 268 pages
...their indecisiveness concerning black violence in behalf of freedom. On the one hand, Lincoln writes, "I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense." On the other, he announces that enslaved men "of suitable conditions, will be received... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons and will do no act, or acts to repress said persons, or any of them, in any suitable efforts they may make... | |
 | History - 212 pages
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