What is the effect of the following passage on the u. s. government?
“ 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.”
it intends to conscript former slaves into the military.
it intends to prosecute former slave owners.
it will not stop any slave from moving toward freedom.
it will use its military and naval authority to stop the war.