...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I...condition, will be received into the armed service of tho United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all...

...been foreshadowed in that passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, in which the President had said : "And I further declare and make known that such persons...forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." On the 20th of January an order was issued from the War...

...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I...declare and make known that such persons, of suitable conditinn, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...

...self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for teasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such...the armed service of the United States, to garrison furts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And...

...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I...when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into...

...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I...all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for ieasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will...

...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I...all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for leasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will...

...unless in necessary self-defence," and exhorts them to "labor faithfully for reasonable wages;" declares that " such persons of suitable condition will be...received into the armed service of the United States;" and concludes thus: " And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution,...

...unless in necessary self-defence," and exhorts them to "labor faithfully for reasonable wages;" declares that " such persons of suitable condition will be...received into the armed service of the United States ;" and concludes thus : " And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...

...freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so. declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases wnen allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And upon this act, sincerely believed to...