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Prologue : the bread pill

The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, and the problem of the Constitution

Origins of the other Thirteenth Amendment. Mutual misconceptions ; The Seward amendment ; The Corwin amendment

Debating the other Thirteenth Amendment. Reaching across the abyss ; The unfazed and the alarmed ; The amendment assessed

The abortive launch. Congress acts ; The president speaks ; The ratification fizzle

Epilogue 1. James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment

Epilogue 2. John A. Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Political and social views.

United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment > History.

Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > History > 19th century.

Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.