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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The House is informed H. R. 244 passed the Senate; it is taken up in the House and debated.
Ordered, That Mr. H. Winter Davis, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Dawson be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House.
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.