...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such...

...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such...

...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such...

...n_originals_iv/sections/transcript_preliminary_ emancipation.html: "That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; . . . ." 44. See Richard Taylor, Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War,...

...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, AD 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such...

...Union forces into an army of liberation. Lincoln first affirmed that on January i, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." But then, in the revolutionary heart of the message, Lincoln ordered "the military and naval authority"...

...states. (Four slave states had not seceded from the Union.) "That on ... [Jan 1, 1863] ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free. . . ." For more info go to Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids: bensguide.gpo.gov. See also: "13th...

...signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that on January 1, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."22 It also called for the enlistment of black troops to fight for the Union. The order thus freed...

...war continued, even as emancipation took effect. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln proclaimed, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth and forever free." In other words, immediate emancipation applied only to the states of...

...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 recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...