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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,... "
Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath School - Page 147
by William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 200 pages
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Synopsis of the American War

Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...as if this proclamation were not issued. And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves...including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared...
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The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States: With ...

William Jewett Tenney - History - 1866 - 910 pages
...virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persona held ns slaves within said designated States and parts of...thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persona. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless...
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Elements of International Law

Henry Wheaton - International law - 1866 - 802 pages
...all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and from henceforth shall be, free ; and that the executive government...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." It will be observed that this order of emancipation was not a legislative act of the law-making power...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...if this proclamation were not issued. " And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves,...States, and parts of States, ARE, AND HENCEFORWARD SHALL HE I-REE; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval...
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The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and ...

History - 2004 - 556 pages
...as if this proclamation were not issued. And, by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves...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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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...counties of [blank space for insertion]. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order, and declare, that all persons held as...States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...— and the listing was left blank until Lincoln had the final tally from the War Department — / do order, and declare, that all persons held as slaves...States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free. There was a slight shift in wording at this crucial point from the first draft...
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The Rise of Aggressive Abolitionism: Addresses to the Slaves

Stanley Harrold - Political Science - 268 pages
...their indecisiveness concerning black violence in behalf of freedom. On the one hand, Lincoln writes, "I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be...from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense." On the other, he announces that enslaved men "of suitable conditions, will be received into the armed...
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The Rebellious Slave: Nat Turner in American Memory

Scot French - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 400 pages
...clearly agonized over the prospect of inciting rebellion. In a draft of the proclamation, he wrote: "I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...
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The Civil War and the Constitution 1859-1865, Vol. 2

John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 385 pages
...as if this proclamation were not issued. "And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary selfdefence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...
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