A Proclamation by the President of the United States
That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all person held as slaves within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free;
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh.
Abraham Lincoln.
By the President.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.The War Still to be Prosecuted for the Restoration of the Union
A Decree of Emancipation
All Slaves in States in Rebellion on the First of January Next to be Free
The Gradual Abolition and Colonization Schemes Adhered to
Loyal Citizens to be Remunerated for Losses, Including Slaves
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