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 in rebellion against the United States, shall be forever free. . . Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States. . .do order and designate [appoint] the following States as being in rebellion:Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. And I hereby call upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, 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 and make known, that such persons will be received into the armed service of the United States. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.Source: President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 1863The Emancipation Proclamation had the strongest effect on.....

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