The Rebellion Register: A History of the Principal Persons and Places, Important Dates, Documents and Statistics, Military and Political, Connected with the Civil War in America. To which is Added a Citizen's Manual: Containing National Documents, Proclamations, and Statistics, Political Platforms, Grant's Report, Parliamentary Rules, &c., Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page 252 - 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 recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons...