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To: Pikachu_Dad
"Which constitutional amendment did Abraham Lincoln personally push through Congress and what did it do?"

I suppose you're referring to the "Corwin" amendment that would have extended slavery for all time.

From a quick search: "In 1861, a proposed amendment, was signed by President Lincoln. This was the only proposed amendment that was ever signed by a president. That resolve to amend read: "ARTICLE THIRTEEN, No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." (In other words, President Lincoln had signed a resolve that would have permitted slavery, and upheld states' rights.) Only one State, Illinois, ratified this proposed amendment before the Civil War broke out in 1861.

72 posted on 02/13/2009 11:12:04 AM PST by Rabble
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To: Rabble

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I suppose you’re referring to the “Corwin” amendment that would have extended slavery for all time.
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No child.

I am talking about the REAL thirteenth amendment.

The one that abolished slavery.


87 posted on 02/13/2009 12:00:16 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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