Corwin Amendment
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title:
Corwin Amendment
text:
The Corwin Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that has never been adopted, but owing to the absence of a ratification deadline, could still be adopted by the state legislatures. It would have shielded slavery within the states from the federal constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress. Although the Corwin Amendment does not explicitly use the word slavery, it was designed specifically to protect slavery from federal power. Th
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description:
Proposed US constitutional amendment to protect slavery from federal power
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment
date created:
2004-03-24T01:01:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:09:24Z
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