(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) [LINCOLN ABRAHAM] Thirteenth Amendme

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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AS RECEIVED BY THE MILITARY (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.] Thirteenth Amendment. General Orders No 1. . . . "Article XIII." Small 8vo, single page, printed on both sides; one tiny closed tear to the upper margin. Washington: January 8, 1866

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scarce general order, no 1, advising the military of the passage of the thirteenth amendment. "ARTICLE XIII. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Signed in type by William H. Seward, as Secretary of State.