The eastern (compulsory Union-occupied) Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1864 proposes a Constitution to the Electorate, Title I, Articles 2 and 3, of which abolishes slavery.
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Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 2
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References:
Louisiana Constitution of 1864, Title I, Articles 2 and 3, Ben Perley Poore, ed., The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the United States, 2 volumes, (New York: Burt Franklin, 1924; New York: Lennox Hill Pub. & Dist. Co., 1972), 1:740.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 181.
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