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" ... and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefense and i recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages and i further declare and make... "
General Orders - Page 9
by United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - 1862
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8

Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1873 - 542 pages
...Emancipation has used the following language: "I recommend to them," — that is, to the freedmen, — " that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages." Such is the recommendation from that supreme authority which decreed Emancipation. They are to labor,...
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Sourcebook and Index : Documents that shaped the American Nation

Joy Hakim - America - 2003 - 356 pages
...people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and 1 recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed,...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom

Charles Andrew Taylor, Charles A. Taylor - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 40 pages
...all violence, unless in necessary self-defense. And I recommend to them in all cases when allowed, to labor faithfully for reasonable wages, and I further...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions,...
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The Civil War

Susan Provost Beller - History - 2003 - 132 pages
...repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. . . . And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor

William Benjamin Gould - History - 2002 - 406 pages
...to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. You will know that the Proclamation states in relevant part: "And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition [the freed slaves held by those in rebellion], will be received into the armed service of...
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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War

Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...persons. 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...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed,...declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction

Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...persons. 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...declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and ...

History - 2004 - 556 pages
...upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed,...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed,...declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...
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