Question

guided practiceprimary sourceexcerpt from abraham lincolns emancipation proclamation... that on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, from that time onward and forever free....i do order and declare... that the executive government of the united states, including the military,... will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free tothe emancipation proclamation freed all enslaved persons as of january 1, 1863, in states under confederate control. find the phrase or sentence in the proclamation that makes a direct promise to those who were freed.a. the executive government of the united states, including the military,... will recognize and maintain the freedom of said personsb. the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states,c. and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence

Explanation:

The question asks for the phrase in the Emancipation Proclamation that directly promises freedom to enslaved people in Confederate-controlled states. Reviewing the excerpt, Option B is the clause that explicitly states the enslaved people in rebelling areas shall be free.

Answer:

B. the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, [from that time onward] and forever free....