"now, therefore, i, abraham lincoln, president of the united states, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander in chief and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion do 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 "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 i further declare . . that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the united states "and upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution upon military necessity."
-abraham lincoln, the emancipation proclamation, 1863
president lincoln delayed issuing an emancipation proclamation because of his concern that it would
increase foreign support for the confederacy
cause the border states to secede
decrease power of the cotton industry
free slaves before they were ready