 | Richard H. Groves - History - 2005 - 412 pages
...held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people thereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." 20. Here, Utley referred to the New Confiscation Act, which freed slaves who were used by the Confederate... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...emancipation by any state, along with a plan of colonization of the freed people. Finally, the document declared that on January 1, 1863, "all persons held...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Lincoln pledged the assistance of the military in maintaining the freedom of the liberated and forbade... | |
 | John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger - History - 2005 - 306 pages
...In September 1862, President Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that on January 1, 1863, "all persons held as slaves...United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."22 It also called for the enlistment of black troops to fight for the Union. The order thus freed... | |
 | Editors of Chase's - Reference - 2006 - 306 pages
...slaves in the rebelling states. (Four slave states had not seceded from the Union.) "That on ... [Jan 1, 1863] ... all persons held as slaves within any...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free. . . ." For more info go to Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids: bensguide.gpo.gov. See also: "13th... | |
 | David Brion Davis - Social Science - 2006 - 464 pages
...would convert the Union forces into an army of liberation. Lincoln first affirmed that on January i, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any state,...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." But then, in the revolutionary heart of the message, Lincoln ordered "the military and naval authority"... | |
 | InterLingua.com, Incorporated - Social Science - 2006 - 361 pages
...States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, AD 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,... | |
 | Ian Frederick Finseth - History - 2006 - 648 pages
...first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,... | |
 | Claude A. Green - Enslaved persons - 2006 - 153 pages
...first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 292 pages
...first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,... | |
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... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall... 
