...and declared as follows : — " All persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, FREE, and that...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, unless in necessary...

...persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward _shall be free, and that the Executive Government of the...including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared...

...aforesaid, I do aver and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward ,shall be free, and that...including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared...

...that ALL PERSONS UELD AS SLAVES within said designated States and parts of States, ARE AND HENCEFORTH SHALL BE FREE; and that the Executive Government of...Authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." This is obviously not an act of abolition changing the organic law of the States...

...; and that the executive government of 1 For Proclamation of September, 1SG2, see ante, p. 345. the United States, including the military and naval authorities...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, unless in necessary...

...United States, shall be then, thenceforward, 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...

...BE, FREE ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and NavsJ authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I do hereby enjoin upon the people so dc. dared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in...

...are concerned. But this proclamation declares that all slave* in the actually rebellious states, are free, and that the " Executive Government of the United...naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain their freedom." Therefore, the statement of the governor is, that the confiscation act declared the...

...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 ; and that...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 except in necessary...

...aforesaid, 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; and that...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, unless in necessary...