The document states that all slaves shall be free, Lincoln also mentions god a few times in the proclamation, Moreno to justify the document and to encourage those who read it that it was a good thing. This quote pretty much sums up the document, "And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, 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."
