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" And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare 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,... "
The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places ... - Page 206
by Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - 1869 - 402 pages
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforth shall be, free; and that the Executive Government...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." The proclamation is concluded with the following words : " And upon this act, sincerely...
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The Voter's Text Book, Comprising a Collection of the Most Important ...

James M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 426 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward,...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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The History of the Great Republic: Considered from a Christian Stand-point

Jesse Truesdell Peck - United States - 1868 - 774 pages
...and for the purpose aforepaid, I do order and declare, that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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Sourcebook and Index : Documents that shaped the American Nation

Joy Hakim - America - 2003 - 356 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof,...
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War

Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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Lincoln's Constitution

Daniel A. Farber - History - 2004 - 251 pages
...the South still under Confederate control, he declared that "all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation was not up to Lincoln's usual standard of eloquence, but it said what...
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Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction

Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and ...

History - 2004 - 556 pages
...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward,...FREE, and that the Executive Government of the United 226 States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...
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