...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...all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages And...

...measure for suppressing said rebellion, do ... Order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free . . ,,38 The Proclamation may have had all "the moral grandeur of a bill of lading," as historian Richard...

...On the designated day the president declared such persons free "and that the Executive Government, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." The great pronouncement went on to urge these individuals, "to abstain from all violence,...

...freeing the slaves and abolishing slavery: "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." The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment finally overturned the Dred Scott opinion. With the passage...

...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,...all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And...

...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...all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And...

...purpose aforesaid. I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated Staies, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be...to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and 1 recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...

...power, and for the purpose aforesaid, l do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are,...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...

...States and parts of States are, henceforward shall be free; and that the Excecutive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval authorities,...all violence, unless in necessary self-defense, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And...

...that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States, are and henceforth shall be free; and that the Executive Government of...thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.—Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. "("From Wilhams's History of the Negro Race...