...the United States, shall be then, thenceforth 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, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. That the Executive...

...contained not onlv the announcement that " all persons held as slaves shall be free." but the assurance that " the executive government of the United States,...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." The one was a necessary complement of the other, the last as binding and essential as the first. This,...

...including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are left for the present precisely as if this proclamation were not issued....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...

...including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are left for the present precisely as if this proclamation were not issued....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...

...the United States, shall be then, thenceforth, 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...

...only reference to the future is a promise that those slaves shall continue free " from henceforth," and " that the Executive Government of the United...including the military and naval authorities thereof, will " — not create and confer, but " recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." We may therefore...

...Virginia ; that the insurgents had received one hundred days' notice of this January proclamation ; that " the Executive Government of the United States,...including the military and naval authorities thereof," would " recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons " ; and that such liberated persons would...

...and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of tho United States, including the military and naval authorities...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon tho people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless 'n necessary self defense ;...

...proclamation, declaring " that the slaves in all states or parts of states, which were then in rebellion, henceforward shall be free : and that the Executive...including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom of said persons." The excitement was intense, and all felt assured...

...Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anna, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth),...recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And 1 hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary...