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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09040 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Copy of Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |
| Date | 30 April 1861 |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Amendment to the Constitution concerning slavery. "...No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions, including that of persons held to labour or service by the laws of said State." Transmitted to the Maryland House of Delegates. |
| Subjects | US Constitution Slavery |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |