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The authority to emancipate under the war power is well settled, but it could only be asserted over territory occupied by our armies.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The authority to emancipate under the war power is well settled, but it could only be asserted over territory occupied…”
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Julian asserts that the legal authority to emancipate slaves during the war was established but limited to areas controlled by Union forces.
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