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Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 February 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

285 - L. Feb. 17; ed: 2/1 - Sumner offers the following amendments to the
Constitution of the United States: That Congress he authorized to make
laws to enforce the prohibition of slavery; that representation and
direct taxes shall be apportioned among the states of the Union; to
abolish the provision that a person held to service in one state and
escaping to another state shall by law be returned to the first state.
"We are glad to know that these amendments are to be received by Con- .
gress. Let slavery now receive its quietus." (12)

Constitutions / Amendments

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