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" ... 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, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will... "
Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ... - Page 135
edited by - 1865 - 285 pages
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We the People, Volume 2: Transformations

Bruce Ackerman - History - 1991 - 530 pages
...questions. Rather than urging blacks to destabilize the Confederate war effort, it "enjoin[ed] . . . 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...
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Prologue

Archives - 2000 - 560 pages
...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to bo free, to abstain from all violence, unless In necessary self-defence and I recommend to them thai in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare...
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Sourcebook and Index : Documents that shaped the American Nation

Joy Hakim - America - 2003 - 356 pages
...the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and 1 recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And...
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Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom

Charles Andrew Taylor, Charles A. Taylor - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 40 pages
...the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense. And I recommend to them in all cases when allowed, to labor faithfully for reasonable...
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Focus on World History: The First Global Age and the Age of Revolution

Kathy Sammis - Education - 2002 - 148 pages
...acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...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...
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Tempered Strength: Studies in the Nature and Scope of Prudential Leadership

Ethan M. Fishman - Business & Economics - 2002 - 248 pages
...of the act also prudently discourages wanton violence as a measure of its legal and moral propriety: "And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense." Even if it was constitutional (legally authorized), was emancipation politically expedient?...
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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 the United...
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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War

Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...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...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to African American History

Melba J. Duncan - History - 2003 - 324 pages
...the western states of Arkansas and Texas. Finally, the order declared that "such persons [ie slaves] of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States." The Road to the Proclamation Lincoln did not come to the Proclamation either quickly or easily. While...
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"All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell": The Civil War, Race Relations, and the ...

Mark K. Christ - History - 2003 - 156 pages
...Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation not only freed slaves in states in rebellion, it also allowed that "such persons, of 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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