"That on the first day of January, 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act to repress such persons from their actual freedom." Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln *following the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam * Identify the five key points from the text above. Speaker: Occasion: Audience: Purpose: Supporting Quote: who is the speaker?
