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Karpeles Document: Emancipation Proclamation Amendment

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Karpeles Document: Emancipation Proclamation Amendment

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US History 1850-Present, Civics and Government, History
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This document is the original resolution legally approving the thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution outlawing slavery. Visible are the signatures of Schuyler Colfax (Speaker of the House of Representatives), John W. Forney (Secretary of the Senate), Hannibal Hamlin (Vice President), and Abraham Lincoln (President of the United States).

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