Beginning on January 1st, 1863 "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." This basically set all the slaves in the Confederacy free. These states include Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, the Carolina's, and Virginia. The United States would also protect the rights of the freed slaves. Lincoln then warns against unnecessary violence and asks for the full cooperation of the people to make this work.
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