THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (EXCERPT)
By Abraham Lincoln
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 designated part of a State, the people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then
,
= thenceforward, and forever free, and the Executive Government of
the United States, including the military and naval authority 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 they may make for their actual freedom"
- What is the purpose of this document?
ATo free all slaves living in the North.
BTo free all slaves living in the South.
CTo declare the South as rebels.
DTo declare the North as the winners of the Civil War.
By Abraham Lincoln
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 designated part of a State, the people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then
,
= thenceforward, and forever free, and the Executive Government of
the United States, including the military and naval authority 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 they may make for their actual freedom"
ATo free all slaves living in the North.
BTo free all slaves living in the South.
CTo declare the South as rebels.
DTo declare the North as the winners of the Civil War.