Select the correct text in the passage.
which lines from the emancipation proclamation reflect the main idea of the text?
now, therefore 1, abraham lincoln, president of the united states, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of
the united states in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the united states, and as a fit and necessary war measure
for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance
with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the
states and parts of states wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the united states, the following to wit
arkansas, texas, louisiana, (except the parishes of st. bemard, plaquemines, jefferson, st. john, st charles, st. james ascension, assumption,
terrebonne, lafourche, st. mary, st. martin, and orleans, including the city of new orleans) mississippi, alabama, florida georgia, south carolina
north carolina, and virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as west virginia, and also the counties of berkley, accomac, northampton,
elizabeth city. york, princess ann, and norfolk, including the cities of norfolk and portsmouthd), and which excepted parts, are for the present, left
precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, 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 executivelyovernment of the united states, including the military and naval authorities
thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons
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