Republican (nationalist) President Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, signs the Territorial Freedom Act, abolishing slavery in all of the federal enclaves.
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Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 2]
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 289.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 170.
Emancipation in the Federal Territories, June 19, 1862
www.freedmen.umd.edu/freeterr.htm
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