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United States federal slavery legislation | HearLore
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United States federal slavery legislation
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation ActThe gag rules of the later 1830s silenced early abolitionist voices in Congress. These rules prevented discussion of slavery petitions for decades.
Emancipation ProclamationThe United States Constitution of 1787 did not use the word slavery but included several provisions about unfree persons.