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English: Image of the resolution proposing the so called "Corwin Amendment" passed by the US Congress on 2 March 1861, which would have barred any federal interference with slavery in states that permitted it.
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Source https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2020/02/19/unratified-amendments-protection-of-slavery/
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