...States and parts of States therein designated were, and thenceforward should be free, and, further, that the executive government of the United States,...including the military and naval authorities thereof, would recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons. This guarantee has been rendered especially...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward forever shall be free; and that the Executive government of...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons and will do no act, or acts to repress said persons, or any of them, in any suitable efforts they may make...

...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...FREE, and that the Executive Government of the United 226 States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...

...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...

...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...

...authorities would simply recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. The Proclamation would then enjoin upon the people so declared to be free 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 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 selfdefence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...