...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...

...formally announced the Emancipation Proclamation: "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." Blacks emancipated themselves even before the proclamation. Whenever Union soldiers appeared near where...

...Abraham Lincoln meant just one thing — FREEDOM! "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. " Post Script A Tale of Two Women The first story about Clara Barton was, of course, true. Miss Barton...

...Confederacy. • Source C: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 1 January 1863 That ... all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...then, thenceforward, and forever free . . . [and] will be received into the armed service of the United States . . . • Source D: Letter to General...

...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 designated part...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. What was more, emancipation would not only proceed by military decree, it would become a military act,...

...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 designated part...against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, andforeverfree. What was more, emancipation would not only proceed by military decree, it would become...

...of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any States or designated part of a State, the people whereof...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever freo ; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority...

...to read the draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. The heart of the declaration read, "All persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part...people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be Lincoln meets with General McClellan on the battlefield. ABRAHAM LINCOLN then,...

...announcement. On September 22, 1862, this is what he said: On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, all...slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth, and forever...

...oo the ist day of January, AD 1863, all pecaons held aa whereof ahall then be In rebellion agalnat the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and...and the Executive government of the United States, including the militaty and naval autharity theceof, vill recognize and malntaln the freedorc of such...