That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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; and the Executive Government of the United States, 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, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ... Briefly restate the most important information in the document using your own words. the sovereignty of the nation.
The given excerpt is from the Proclamation of Emancipation made by President Abraham Lincoln
Explanation:
This speech by President Lincoln was intended to emancipate all the slaves in the Confederate States and this was the most important part of the document as it marked the first time the government attempted to free slaves on such grand scale.
This Proclamation of Emancipation states that all the rebelled slaves were now free and free forever.
