That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall... The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 4131889Full view - About this book
| William Wells Brown - African American soldiers - 2007 - 401 pages
...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 persons held as slaves within any State or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the... | |
| Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...States, and the colonizing of them; that on January 1, 1863, all slaves in states or parts of states in rebellion against the United States "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free," and the Federal Government would "recognize the freedom of such persons." It was a preliminary proclamation.... | |
| Michael Knox Beran - History - 2007 - 521 pages
...proclaimed that on January 1, 1863, all persons held as slaves in any place where the people were then in rebellion against the United States "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. . . ." Two minor changes were made at the suggestion of Seward, and the document, known as the Preliminary... | |
| Albert A. Anderson - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 356 pages
...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... | |
| Philip L. Ostergard - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 293 pages
...22, 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 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; . . . CW V: 433-436 (434) the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, though he did not announce the... | |
| |