CSPAN Representative Clyburn On 2014 Midterm Results November 23, 2014
Law ordered mandated slavery. And by executive order, he got rid of slavery. Now, the big debate over the movie lincoln was all about whether or not after the presidency was over, whether or not we would have an amendment to the constitution to maintain freedom of slaves because executive order would die with the president. So the fight was not over, outlawing slavery. The fight was over putting it in the constitution. Lets look at someone more current, truman. The congress did not get rid of se...
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