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Emancipation proclamation Whereas on the 22r d day of September,A.D.1862,a proclamation was issued by the Pre dentof the United States,containing,among other things, the following.to wit "That on the 1st day of January.A.D.1863.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 be then,thenceforward,and forever free;and ex he United e milita and naval authority 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 they may make for their actual freedom. "That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid,by nate the stato and of States,if a .in ich the people ther resp States:and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a maiority of the qualified voters of such States shall ha e pa rticipated shall,in the abs nce of strong cou tervailing testimony,be de sive evidence hats ch Stat and t ne people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States. Now,therefore,I,Abraham Lincoln,President of the United States,by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and governmen nt of th eUnited State an d as a fit a nd nec y wa measure for supressing said rebellion.do,on this 1st day of January,A.D 1863,and in accordance with my purpose so to do,publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned,order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof. ectively,are this day in rebellion against the United States the following,to Arkansas,Texas,Louisiana(except the parishes of St.Bemard. Palquemines,Jefferson,St.John,St.Charles,St.James,Ascension Assumption.Terrebone.Lafourche.St.Mary.St.Martin.and Orleans including the city of New Orleans).Mississippi,Alaba aFlorida,Georgia. South Ca North Carolina,and Virginia (exceptthe forty-eight coun designated as West Virginia,and also the counties of Berkeley,Accomac Morthhampton,Elizabeth City,York,Princess Anne,and Norfolk,including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth),and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. and by irtue of the and for the ose 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 the Executive Government of the United States,including the military and naval authorities thereof,will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons

Emancipation Proclamation Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, 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 be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority 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 they may make for their actual freedom. "That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Morthhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the 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 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,unless in n cessary self-def ce:and I recommend to them that in all case when allowed,they labor faithfully for reasonable wages And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United states to garrison forts,positions,stations,and other places.and to man vessels of all sorts in said service And upon this act,sincerely believed to be an act of justice,warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity,I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. Analysis On Jan.1 1,1863,U.S.PresidentAbraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in temritory in rebellion against the federal government.This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people.It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side;nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control.Naturally,the states in rebellion did notact on Lin n's world-th Butthe pro did sh ow Am ericans -and the at the civil war was now being fought to end slavery Lincoln had been reluctantto come to this position.A believer in white supremacy,he initially viewed the war only in terms of preserving the Union. As pressure for abolition mounted in conaress and the country.however. Lincoln became more e symp pathetic to the idea.On Sept 22 1862 heissued a preliminary proclamat on announcing that emancipation wou uld become effective on Jan.1,1863,in those states still in rebellion.Although the Emancipation Proclamation did notend slavery in America-this was achieved by the passage of the 13TH Amendment to the Constitution on Dec.18. 1865-it did make that accomplishment a basic war goal and a virtal certainty. Credits DOUGLAS T.MILLER Bibliography:Commager,Henry Steele,The Great Proclamation(1960); Donovan,Frank,Mr.Lincoln's Proclamation(1964);Franklin,John Hope,ed. The Emancipation Proclar ation (1964) Prepared by Gerald Murphy(The Cleveland Free-Net-aa300) Distributed by the Cybercasting Services Division of the National Public Telecomputing Network(NPTN). Permission is hereby granted to download,reprint,and/or otherwise redistribute this file,provic ed appropriate point of origin edit is giv the p eparer(s)and the Nati onal p

And I hereby 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 case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. Analysis On Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people. It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states in rebellion did not act on Lincoln's order. But the proclamation did show Americans- and the world-that the civil war was now being fought to end slavery. Lincoln had been reluctant to come to this position. A believer in white supremacy, he initially viewed the war only in terms of preserving the Union. As pressure for abolition mounted in Congress and the country, however, Lincoln became more sympathetic to the idea. On Sept. 22, 1862, he issued a preliminary proclamation announcing that emancipation would become effective on Jan. 1, 1863, in those states still in rebellion. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in America-this was achieved by the passage of the 13TH Amendment to the Constitution on Dec. 18, 1865-it did make that accomplishment a basic war goal and a virtual certainty. Credits DOUGLAS T. MILLER Bibliography: Commager, Henry Steele, The Great Proclamation (1960); Donovan, Frank, Mr. Lincoln's Proclamation (1964); Franklin, John Hope, ed., The Emancipation Proclamation (1964). Prepared by Gerald Murphy (The Cleveland Free-Net - aa300) Distributed by the Cybercasting Services Division of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). Permission is hereby granted to download, reprint, and/or otherwise redistribute this file, provided appropriate point of origin credit is given to the preparer(s) and the National Public Telecomputing Network