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"Proposed"...
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- And adopted. - Adopted.
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"An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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Section One: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
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except as a punishment for crime
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whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
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shall exist within the United States,
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or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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- Section Two. - "Congress shall have power
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to enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation."
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Let me be blunt.
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Will the southern states