(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) CLARKE HON DANIEL Speech of the Hon

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) CLARKE, HON. DANIEL. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Clarke of Prince George's County Delivered in the Constitutional Convention of Maryland, June 22nd, 1864. In Opposition to the 23rd Article of the Declaration of Rights, emancipating the Slaves and Abolishing Slavery in Maryland. 23 pages. Tall 8vo, original printed blue wrappers; piece of the front cover torn away from the bottom; "tide-line" stain running through text; offset traces of ink on title-page from something having been written contemporary with the pamphlet. Baltimore: Sherwood & Co., 1864

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first and only edition. scarce, oclc locating only two copies.The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states but not in the Union state of Maryland. Indeed, Maryland's Constitution of 1851 had forbidden passage of "any law abolishing the relation of master or slave, as it now exists in this State" (Art. 3, sec. 43). To end slavery, Maryland had to write a new constitution. Governor Augustus W. Bradford, in his annual message of 1864 to the General Assembly, sought passage of a constitutional convention bill. The predominantly Unionist legislature promptly complied, and the electorate approved the call for a convention (Acts of 1864, chap. 5). Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1864 were elected by the voters on April 6, 1864. One of them, Daniel Clarke was adamant about rejecting the measure. It is remarkable that by June of 1864, Clarke still believed the Confederacy could win.