Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20)Sumner, Charles
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
Slavery -- United States; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
“SECTION 1. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude anywhere in the United States, or within the
jurisdiction thereof, otherwise than in the punishment of
crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted;
and the Congress may make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper to enforce this prohibition.
“SECTION 2. In the third paragraph of the second section
of the first article, concerning the apportionment of
Representatives, the following words shall be struck out,
so as to be no longer a part of the Constitution, namely:
‘Which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of
free persons, including those bound to service for a term
of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of
all other persons,’ except the words ‘excluding Indians
not taxed,’ which shall be allowed to remain, so that the
whole clause shall read: ‘Representatives and direct taxes
shall be apportioned among the several States which may be
included within this Union according to their respective
numbers, excluding Indians not taxed.’
“SECTION 3. The whole of the third paragraph of the
second section of the fourth article, in the words hereto
appended, shall be struck out, so as to be no longer a part
of the Constitution, namely: ‘No person held to service or
labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but
shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due.’”
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