In this excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that President Lincoln did not w
ant the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?
A. I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
B. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence;
C. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
D. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
