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The South could have had a constitional amendment protecting slavery - link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment After his ...
Frisky vigorous mexican
  10/03/26


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Date: October 3rd, 2026 1:04 AM
Author: Frisky vigorous mexican

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment

After his inauguration, Lincoln was so desperate to keep the Union together that he agreed to support this amendment and said so publicly. The South didn't think that was good enough and seceded anyway.

That amendment was probably looking pretty good to the South in 1865.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909221&forum_id=2#50168344)