September 27, 1861
Here is the text of the memorial, addressed to the Congress of the United States. It includes: “.your honorable body is urgently implored to lose no time in enacting, under the war power, the total abolition of slavery throughout the country – liberating unconditionally the slaves of all who are rebels, and, while not recognizing the right of property in man, allowing for the emancipated slaves of such as are loyal to the government a fair pecuniary award… and thus to bring the war to a speedy and beneficent termination, and indissolubly to unite all sections and all interests of the country upon the enduring basis of universal freedom.”
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