[X Fretensis]

Would have really been hard for Abraham Lincoln to acknowledge them as Federal property. Lincoln died April 15, 1865, the Fourteenth Amendment was not ratified until 9 July 1868

[Talisker]

Would have really been hard for Abraham Lincoln to acknowledge them as Federal property. Lincoln died April 15, 1865, the Fourteenth Amendment was not ratified until 9 July 1868

:sigh:

The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments formalized the authority used to justify the Emancipation Proclamation, okay?