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  1. Overview: The Road to Civil War
  2. Full Record: The Road to Civil War
  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1860-12-17 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

The Road to Civil War

The House of Representatives

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Session 11908: 1860-12-17 12:00:00

More members join the House and multiple resolutions are presented and referred to the Committee of Thirty-Three. Mr. Davis moves to be excused from the Committee of Thirty-Three.

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Resolution on the Constitution's Recognition of Slavery

There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States recognizes property in slaves; that Congress has passed laws to aid slaveholders in recapturing their slaves when-ever they escape and make their way into the free States; that the Supreme Court of the United States have decided that negroes were not included, either in the Declaration of Independence or in the Constitution of the United States, except as slaves, and that they cannot become citizens; and we, the members of this House, hereby sustain and will support this construction of the Constitution, these laws, and said decision of the Supreme Court.

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  • Motion for a Division of the Resolution (introduced on 1860-12-17 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e813024)

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