Caliornia drafted a state constitution prohibiting slavery, before it was admitted as a state. the constitution was suggested by the U.S. government, and helped maintain the balance between slave and free before the war Between the States.
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The constitutional issues relevant to the civil war and reconstruction include the lack of a ban on slavery, secession was also not prohibited by the constitution
Slavery: people from the north and south joined the army to fight either for or against slavery. The constitutional argument on wheather or not a state had the right to leave the union (constitution of antebellum
Slavery was abolished in the United States territories in June 1862. Any new territory was not to have possession of any slaves after this date.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution outlaws slavery. (See related Link below, for more information.)Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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