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... persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . " It says " persons , " not slaves , not Negroes ; but this " three- fifths " can be applied to no ...
... persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . " It says " persons , " not slaves , not Negroes ; but this " three- fifths " can be applied to no ...
Page 725
... persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States , or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto , escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all ...
... persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States , or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto , escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all ...
Page 791
... persons who have , directly or by implication , participated in the existing rebel- lion , except as hereinafter excepted , that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them , with restoration of all rights of property ...
... persons who have , directly or by implication , participated in the existing rebel- lion , except as hereinafter excepted , that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them , with restoration of all rights of property ...
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Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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