An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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Resolution on the Object of the War is taken up by the House and debated; S. Res. 57 taken up by the House and it is debated and referred the Committee for the District of Columbia; the motion to refer S. Res. 57 is reconsidered.
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution of the following title, vis:
S. Res. 57. Joint resolution to amend the charter of the city of Washington; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.