And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense ; and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and... The North American Review - Page 5561880Full view - About this book
| Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...violence, unless in necessary self defence; and in all cases, when allowed, to labor faithfully, for wages. And I further declare, and make known, that such persons...the armed service of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.... | |
| Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...South. It was spelled out in the Proclamation itself, in Lincoln's promise to recruit freed slaves into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other vessels, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. In July, the Second Confiscation Act had... | |
| David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons...vessels of all sorts in said service. And, upon this — sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution — upon military necessity... | |
| Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - History - 2005 - 197 pages
...to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I farther declare and make known that such persons of suitable...vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity,... | |
| John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 385 pages
...I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages, " And I further declare and make known that such persons...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." Both the morality and the legality of this act have been made subject to serious question, and it is... | |
| Christopher Waldrep - History - 2005 - 376 pages
...rebellious states but also announced that he would receive the freed slaves into the armed services of the United States "to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places." On the last day of March, Halleck wrote unofficially to Grant "as a friend." Stop mistreating the slaves... | |
| Peter Hitchen - 2005 - 234 pages
...'flocking in their thousands to [Union lines]'. The key passage for our purposes being, 'such persons condition will be received into the armed service of the United States positions, stations and other places.' 28 Within four weeks of Lincoln's announcement, the Massachusetts... | |
| Elaine Landau - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2006 - 100 pages
...and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons...vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity,... | |
| Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons...vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity,... | |
| Ian Frederick Finseth - History - 2006 - 648 pages
...and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons...vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity,... | |
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