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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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Act of Justice: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War

Burrus Carnahan - History - 2007 - 214 pages
...Lincoln omitted the offending language from the final Emancipation Proclamation and added an injunction "upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence," unless in self-defense.24 Having charged the Lincoln administration with waging indiscriminate warfare against...
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"Auch ich bin Amerika" - Der "American Dream" in Gedichten Langston Hughes ...

Robert Elsemann - 2007 - 140 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 be free to abstain frorn all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and l recommend to them that, in all cases when...
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Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to 1877

Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - United States - 2007 - 116 pages
...slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free. . . . And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to...they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. . . . And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military...
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World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader

Peter N. Stearns - History - 2008 - 433 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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