...unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare...places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. Abraham Lincoln 1. Are all US slaves freed by this proclamation? Explain. 2. What roles does this proclamation...

...repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. . . . And I further declare and make known that such persons...places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. ". . . all persons held as slaves within any State. . . whereof shall then be in rebellion against...

...The Emancipation Proclamation stipulated that freed slaves would be accepted by the Union military "to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service."48 In this document he also revived the possibility of compensated emancipation and said that...

...suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." A lengthy, mainly favorable, New York Times editorial eight days later debated the pros and cons of...

...success of the first. The final version of the Emancipation Proclamation conveys this dual intent: It is "sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity."37 Lincoln's scrupulous attention to legal detail should not obscure the moral intention...

...to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. You will know that the Proclamation states in relevant part: "And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition [the freed slaves held by those in rebellion], will be received into the armed service of the United...

...freed the slaves in the states currently in "rebellion against the United States," but it guaranteed that "such persons of suitable condition will be received...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service."3 This was the key to allowing blacks to serve in the United States armed forces. Lincoln's...

...consequence of his Emancipation Proclamation. He announced that blacks freed by the proclamation would "be received into the armed service of the United...garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places." Skepticism as to whether blacks could be adequate soldiers did not extend to their manning rear-area...

...of military necessity as the justification for the Emancipation Proclamation. suitable condition ... to garrison forts, positions, stations^ and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in [the armed service]," it gave no indication that it was contemplated that black men would be formed...

...the western states of Arkansas and Texas. Finally, the order declared that "such persons [ie slaves] of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States." The Road to the Proclamation Lincoln did not come to the Proclamation either quickly or easily. While...