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“An Appeal to the Women of the United States” (Washington DC, 1871) (GLC08999)

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Reconstruction and the Battle for Woman Suffrage

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Lincoln urged Thirteenth Amendment

In his annual message to Congress, President Lincoln urged passage of Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation had freed only those slaves in states still at war. The permanent emancipation of all slaves required a constitutional amendment. In April 1864, the Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery in the United States. Opposition from Democratic congressmen prevented the amendment from receiving the required two-thirds majority in the House. Only after Lincoln was...

Proposed thirteenth amendment, April 30, 1861. (GLC09040p4)

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A proposed Thirteenth Amendment to prevent secession, 1861

In the wake of the presidential election of 1860 that...