 That on the 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 of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States,...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 478by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888Full view - About this book
 | William C. Martel - Law - 2006 - 311 pages
...of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; . . . ." 44. See Richard Taylor, Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War,... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...Finally, the document declared that on January 1, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state the people whereof shall...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Lincoln pledged the assistance of the military in maintaining the freedom of the liberated and forbade... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, all persons held as slaves within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be...BE THEN, THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER, FREE ; and the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will... | |
 | David Brion Davis - Social Science - 2006 - 464 pages
...liberation. Lincoln first affirmed that on January i, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." But then, in the revolutionary heart of the message, Lincoln ordered "the military and naval authority"... | |
 | John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger - History - 2005 - 306 pages
...Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that on January 1, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall...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... | |
 | Robert C. Williams - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 562 pages
...emancipation took effect. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln proclaimed, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof...rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth and forever free." In other words, immediate emancipation applied only to the states of... | |
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