...government existing there, will be continued ; 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 withiu any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion...

...governments existing there, will be continued. "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; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,...

...Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. As of January I, 1 863, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...be then, thenceforward, and forever free. ..." The proclamation was a military declaration, so it was limited. It applied only to states engaged in armed...

...if they stopped fighting. The document said: "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." In this statement, Lincoln did not tamper with the institution of slavery. To the contrary, he told...

...written on his countenance."256 On New Year's Day, 1863, Lincoln issued his Proclamation. "All persons held as slaves within any state or designated part...state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." 252. Kennedy, Kunhardt, and Kunhardt, Lincoln: An...

...the first day of January following ** all persons held as slates within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be...rebellion against the United States, shall be then, tkeneeforumrd and forever free." The announcement drew forth only bitter response from the Confederacy,...

...written on his countenance." 256 On New Year's Day, 1863, Lincoln issued his Proclamation. "All persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." 252.Kennedy, Kunhardt, and Kunhardt, Lincoln:...

...friends, cabinet members, until the document was, on January 1, 1863, ready. Accordingly, "All persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free" (Klingaman,...

...the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It provided that, effective January 1, 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people thereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever...

...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...