An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The Senate of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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The Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen is appointed.
The Special Committee on Slavery and Freedmen.—Mr. Sumner, Mr. Howard, Mr. Carlile, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Buckalew, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Conness.