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" And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Aimighty God. "
Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 401
by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pages
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Act of Justice: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War

Burrus Carnahan - History - 2007 - 214 pages
...final proclamation and its predecessors was the president's announcement that slaves freed under it "will be received into the armed service of the United...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service."9 Traditionally, enemy slaves freed during wartime had been actively recruited to fight against...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South: (And Why It Will Rise Again)

Clint Johnson - History - 2007 - 288 pages
...slaves will be accepted into the armed forces. The document details how the freed slaves will be used to "garrison forts, positions, stations, and other...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." Curiously, Lincoln says nothing about actually putting black soldiers into battle. The reaction in...
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Building Fluency Through Practice and Performance: American History

Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - Education - 2007 - 176 pages
...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...suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man...
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We Hold These Truths

Randall Norman Desoto - Religion - 2007 - 266 pages
...the moment of natural death. " Then borrowing directly from the Emancipation Proclamation, he wrote, "'Upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, / invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.' " n Rulings like...
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Ronald Dworkin

Arthur Ripstein - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 147 pages
...States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free." Finally, after noting that his act is "sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity," he "invoke[d] the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." Lincoln...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And 1 further declare and make known, thai such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United Staies to garrison forts, positions, stations, and olher places, and to man vessels of all sorts in...
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World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader

Peter N. Stearns - History - 2008 - 433 pages
...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 of...of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. JOACHIM NABUCO AND BRAZILIAN ABOLITIONISM Joachim Nabuco was a leader in Brazilian abolitionism after...
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Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to 1877

Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - United States - 2007 - 116 pages
...recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. . . . And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act...of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. PARAGRAPHS 6. 7. AND 9 341 • J EMA Ml PA I ION I" ROC LA M AT ION 'J'/ih...
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