, 1862-09-23
EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES.
All Slaves in the Rebel States to
be Declared Free after Jan
uary l, 1852.
ENFORCEMENT o.: The coNFtsca-
TON ACT,
A Death Blow to the Rebellion,

49, ~ OAA%4A A@AV " kAL
WAsu1saEoK, September p, 1862.
By tho President Of the United States M
America:
4 PROCLAMATION.
I, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the United
States OF America, a1s1 commander-in.chiefo OF
the army ard raVy thereof, hereby procl .iu
ard declare TIA. hereafter, as heretofore, the
var will be prosecuted for the object of prac-
tlca1iy restoring the co1s;itu- ioaal relatioas
between the United States and the usonle
thereof, in which States that relation Is or mar
be suspended OF disturbed; that it is ny pur-
pose, upon the rcxt meeting of Congress, to
asein recommend the adoption Of !. practical
measure, rendering pecnuiary aid to the free
4cceptance or rejection of all the slayc States,
so-callcd, the people whereof may not then
be in rebellion against the uai.ed Stats, and
Which States MY then have Voluntarily
auopttd, or thereafter may yulun
tar1y adopt the Immediate or gradual
aoolfstmert Of sl4rezy wi.aia their Respective
limits, ard that the efosts to colouizz persons
OF At1ican descent, with their Consult, u,on
the con1iccns or tlsswaers, With rhc prtsi-
cusiS Obtained consent Of tl= GOVERNMENTS
eSleelng there, will be eontinu:d; that on the
first day Of january, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred aud sixtr-three
Gil persons held as slaves within auy State or
any desytated part OF u State, the people
"te1eof shall then be In rebellion against the
Cnlhd States, shall be thenceiorgard and
t forever free, and tae executive government of
the United S:Atee, includiug the military aud
nara. authority ihereoG will 1ecogn;z. and
maic.ain tie freedom Of such Persons. and
will do no act or acts to repress such Persons
or any OF them III any efforts they may make
TOR actual freedom; TINT the executive will on
the first day Of January aforesaid BY proc,a-
nation designate the States aud paris of
States, if any in which the people thereof re-
spcctively shall thec be in rebellion against
the United States, and the fact tha. any State
or the people thereof shall on that da7 be in
good faith represented ia the Congress- uf
the United S,atEs By members chosen tberet
at elections wherein majority OF the IN ullii:a
voters of such State shall have particip.tsd.
shall in the absence Of strong cou1t .ryaituy
testimony be deemed conclusive evidence
that such State and the people thereof hay,.
rot tsen il rebellion against the United
States; that attention Is hereby called to IN
act OF Congress entitled san act t. m,ss IN
accdional article Of war" approved Narch
18th, 1et2, aud which oct is in the words and
bgu1es following:
BE it enacted by The Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of tbs Quilted S,axs III
n
lowing shall he promulgated as an addf-
sioaal Article Of war for the government OF. the
army Of tie United States anil ska1l be ob,ved
asd observed as such" oil officers OF per.oa. in
the military Or naval service Of The Uaisvd Sta.es
are prohibited from employing any Of the forces
under their respective commands for the purpose
Of returning fugttiyes fcm :se.yice OF labur yhc
may have G. scaped from any person TO whom rucn
FerTlce or labor is claimed to be due and aay Of
fcer who shall he found guilty BY cou:t msrtiA
Of violating this article, shall be dismissed from
the seryice''
SEC. 2 dEd be Il further enacted, "Tna: this act
ehall take tdect from and after its p7esage.
Also to the 9th and 10Th ec:ions Of an act
entitled IAN act to suppress insurrection, to
punish treason and rebellion, to sciz: and con-
fscafe the pfepert5 Of rebels and for other
purposes" apl royed Jaly 17th, 1862, aad
which sections are in these words aud ;i.,u-rs
following:
sxcr;os q. Iuazs it further .,o-,<<, Ill.,. -
.,sros ~ .,a-eo-s ~. rS.r .. e' Ana1 ~!
tn rcbt11on aca,nst tbs ps en :ased
States, or Who eha,1 in anv ;x,v t,1rs .,s =.
fort thereto, escaping from each persons aud tax
irgrefugc Within: the lines Of the a,ruv and NJ,
slaves captured from tuch pereons OF deserted br
'hem and coming under the control Of the sovera.
men1 u INC United States and all slavss Of euch
rs 1Is "1lhin ans pncs occupied by rebel
1-ntea st.,ss .s,, ~ o'sapsu W me lofsc. ofthe
md shall he forever fra ~ ths sar,s,, y. "as'
again held as s1ayes. ''1@ 'A''
SEC. TO- 4nd BE- IL Jurt.er enacted. That M a1.vo
escaping into any State. Territory or the District
Of Columbia from any Of the States shall be de-
AFered up or in any way impeded or hinderad Of
me- noeits except Tor crime or eons ofFca.e
sess tne avs nnlese Inc person clatn1ng said
,rtan, ~ as oasn ,nae me person tn
tn hc ;7na IA hts 1sata, o,rna, 49,, 80 succeed
ann. aran.t tha I?n,,ed state. n 49, 'o.a Ia
be,op, nor in apr WV o1ysn nd ar ct,t,-, tsa.
to; and 10 person engaged in the nttt arv or nars,
service Of the United States shall, under auy nre-
tense whstcve., aasuze to decide On the VALIDITY
OF The osti II any person to the service or 1ab,r
any ether person, Or sa1:enda7 M apy such peg
Ard do % hersbv en;o;n r nm .r S >,