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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Mr. Sumner submits a Resolution to Create a Committee on Slavery and Freedmen, which is adopted.
Resolved, That a select committee of seven be appointed by the chair to take into consideration all propositions and papers concerning slavery and the treatment of freedmen, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.