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To: Steve Van Doorn

That would have been the 13th Amendment, not the 14th.

“The Amendment would not have allowed slavery in the United States.”

The Constitution already allowed slavery in the United States. What the Corwin Amendment would have done is to prevent the Federal Government from initiating any action (such as a Constitutional Amendment) to interfere with any domestic institution (slavery).


181 posted on 08/12/2020 7:08:14 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
"That would have been the 13th Amendment, not the 14th"

I think you're right.

said, "What the Corwin Amendment would have done is to prevent the Federal Government from initiating any action (such as a Constitutional Amendment) to interfere with any domestic institution (slavery)"

True

188 posted on 08/12/2020 7:25:19 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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