Resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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Title:
Resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Date:
January 22, 1861
Description:

  • Single-page resolution passed by the General Assembly of Tennessee, proposing amendments to the United States Constitution to protect states "South of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 min." from the abolition of slavery and to extend slaveholding to any territory "which may be hereafter acquired by the United States South of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 min.," but not to any future territory acquired north of that line.

  • Folder: TN2

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Subject:
Format:
broadsides
Language:
English
Extent:
1 scan
Digital Collection:
Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 002140926
  • duke:474391
  • bdstn022954
  • ark:/87924/r4m04167n
  • b84a9f7a-3c04-46fc-955d-a187f842b9c6
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