بأمر الجنرال واشنجتون و كونجرس... ...كل عبد, يعمنح على الأقل عام واحد من الخدمة... ...فى الجيش القارى...
By order of General Washington and the Continental Congress all bound slaves who give minimum one year service in the Continental Army will be granted freedom and be paid a bounty of five shillings for each month of service.'