Slavery Question

[Paul Finkelman]

it could never have gotten ou of congress or even a comiittee

paul finkelman

Francisco Martin wrote:

> Do we have any evidence that if Congress had proposed an anti-slavery 
> amendment anytime before the Civil War that it could have been 
> ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures or, more importantly, state 
> conventions?
>  
> Thanks in advance!
>  
> Francisco Forrest Martin
> President
> Rights International, The Center for International Human Rights Law, Inc.
>  
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