Emancipation Proclamation (Little Books of Wisdom (Applewood))
Publisher: Applewood Books
Language: eng
Format: Imitation Leather
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781557094704
Subjects: Slaves; United States - 19th Century; President (1861-1865 : Lincoln; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Social Science; History - General History; United States; Sociology; President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Chronological Period/1851-1899; Ethnic Orientation/African-American; History / General History; History/United States - 19th Century; History/United States - Civil War; Political Science/Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; President (1861-1865: Lincoln); Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Theometrics/Secular; Topical/Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; United States.; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Emancipation
First sentence: IN PURSUANCE of the sixth section of the act of congress entitled "An act to suppress insurrection and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes" Approved July 17, 1862, and which act, and the Joint Resolution explanatory thereof, are herewith published, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to, and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion, or any rebellion against the government of the United States, and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures, as within and by said sixth section provided.