The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863, and effectively freed all slaves within “any States or designated part of a State.” The government and military will be fully involved in enforcing their freedom. The Proclamation goes so far as to state that anyone who defies this order and tries to inhibit slaves from leaving will officially be in rebellion against the United States. President Lincoln and the military forces he commands will openly suppress this rebellion. This will be in full effect for the first 100 days after the Proclamation is established. The states that are affected by this are Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Lincoln again states that all slaves that reside in these areas are free and that their freedom will be maintained by the military and government. He suggests that the newly freed slaves find paid work and abstain from violence. He also says that some of these freed slaves will end up in the United States military.
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