Select the correct text in the passage. In this excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim
that President Lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?
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-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all case 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.