... Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free a ... SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. On 23rd September, 1862 Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation. The statement said that all s...

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... such importations, not exceeding 10 dollars for each person; the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it; no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed; no capitation, ... or pay duties in another; no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time; and the last restriction placed upon congress ... is, no titl...

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