Question

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

Answer 1

all persons held as slaves within any State , the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;
including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom

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