...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...declared to be free, to abstain from all violence except in necessary self-defense ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor...

...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...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...

...power and for the purposes aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States , and parts of States, are...said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people eo declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend...

...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...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. REBELLION RECORD, 1862-63. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from...

...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...that the Executive government of the United States,' including the military and uaval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said...

...the fullest assurance of the irreversible character of this sublime edict, he has further announced " that the Executive Government of the United States,...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." Already an enlightened Commission has been constituted, to consider how these thronging...

...the fullest assurance of the irreversible character of this sublime edict, he has further announced " that the Executive Government of the United States^...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." Already an enlightened Commission has been constituted, to consider how these thronging...

...North Carolina and Virginia, excepting a few parishes in Lousiana and a few counties in Virginia, " are and henceforward shall be FREE ¡" and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and nava! authorities thereof, wiU recognize and maintain the freedom of said...

...against the United States, shall be thenceforth and forever FREE, and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any eifort...

...the United States, shall be then, thenceforth and forever free, and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts...