February 23rd, 2012
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Newspaper, National Intelligencer, Washington, May 13, 1862, 4pp. filled with war and congressional reports. From the front page, “National Prohibition of Slavery,” prints the proposed bill abolishing slavery in three circumstances. In part, “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That slavery or involuntary servitude in all cases whatsoever (other than in the punishment of crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted) shall henceforth cease and be prohibited forever in all the Territories of the United States now existing or hereafter to be formed or acquired in any way. ..... Sec. 2. That any person now held or attempted to be held hereafter as a slave in any of the places above named is hereby declared to be free, and the right to freedom hereby declared may be asserted in any of the courts of the United States or of the several States in behalf of the party or his or her posterity after any lapse of time. ...”
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