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United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.

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Mr. Sumner's Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States is reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States

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Resolved, That a State pretending to secede from the Union and battling against the national Government to maintain this pretension must be regarded as a rebel State, subject to military occupation, and without title to representation on this floor until it has been readmitted by a vote of both Houses of Congress; and the Senate will decline to entertain any application from any such rebel State until after such vote of both Houses of Congress.

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