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  1. Overview: United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
  2. Full Record: United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1865-02-04 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

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

The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 14435: 1865-02-04 12:00:00

H. R. 740 is introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Notice of Position Paper of Delegates from the Territories on Constitutional Amendment

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House of Representatives,

Washington, February 1, 1865.

Representing Territories which must soon become States, as Delegates deprived of the inestimable privilege of voting in this House, feeling a deep interest in the proposition to amend the Federal Constitution forever prohibiting slavery within the jurisdiction of the United States, demanded alike by the exigencies of the times, the voice of the loyal people, and by our efforts in the field to suppress a rebellion inaugurated and sustained for the purpose of perpetuating slavery, we cannot do less than state that the measure meets our unqualified approbation.

H. P. Bennet, Colorado.

J. F. Kinney, Utah.

S. G. Daily, Nebraska.

Charles D. Poston, Arizona.

J. B. S. Todd, Dakota.

W. H. Wallace, Idaho.

Francisco Perea, New Mexico.

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