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;
Proclamation 95—Regarding the Status of Slaves in States Engaged in Rebellion Against the United States [Emancipation...
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