...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...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,...

...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...

...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"...

...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...

...Navy of the United States, do order and declare that on the first day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and sixtythree, all persons held as slaves within any state or states, wherein the constitutional authority of the United States shall not then be practically...

...Navy of the United States, do order and declare 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 states, wherein the constitutional authority of the United States shall not then be practically...

...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 persons held as slaves within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion againttt the...

...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...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,...

...war-effort of the South, read in part as follows: ... on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, all...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. Another strange material effect of this text, intended from the outset, was to allow slavery to continue...