Select the correct text in the passage.
Read the Emancipation Proclamation, which Abraham Lincoln delivered on January 1, 1863. Which section shows the purpose of the proclamation?
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 Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities
thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them
that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
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.
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.
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 first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the eighty-seventh.



Answer :

In the passage provided, the section that shows the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation is: "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 Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons."

This section clearly states that the purpose of the proclamation is to declare all persons held as slaves within designated states as free, and it emphasizes that the government will recognize and maintain the freedom of these individuals. This highlights the primary objective of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was to free the slaves in the Confederate states and shift the focus of the Civil War towards ending slavery.

By focusing on this specific section, you can understand the central purpose and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation as a key historical document in the fight against slavery in the United States during the Civil War era.