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Fernando Wood: We are once again asked, nay commanded, to consider a proposed 13th Amendment which, if passed, shall set at immediate liberty four million coloreds while manacling the limbs of the white race in America. If it is passed, but it shall not pass
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WOOD We are once again asked nay
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commanded to consider a proposed 1 3th Amendment
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MEN CLAMORING
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which if passed shall set at immediate liberty
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four million coloreds while manacling
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the limbs of the white race in America
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If it is passed
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but it shall not pass
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Movie Summary
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
