1864 CIVIL WAR newspaper MARYLAND ABOLISHES SLAVERY Passes New Constitution

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1864 CIVIL WAR newspaper with a FRONT-page detailed report showing a county by county breakdown of how   MARYLAND voted to ABOLISH SLAVERY, Passing New Constitution. Maryland's Eastern Shore votes against the new Constitution and thus, to KEEP SLAVERY.  -
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_New York Tribune
(NY) dated October 18, 1864, just days before the Constitution would take effect and slavery would be outlwaed in MARYLAND on November 1, 1864, nearly two years AFTER the Emancipationb Proclamation went into effect.
Perfect for framing and display! A COMPELLING addition to any fine Black Americana, Maryland or Eastern Shore collection. Would look great hanging in any modern-day Maryland home or business.
Maryland calls itself the Free State, but it was in no hurry to give up slavery during the Civil War.
Elsewhere in the country, antislavery measures progressed rapidly. Congress freed the slaves in the District in 1862, compensating their owners. The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the states that had seceded, went into effect on Jan. 1, 1863. But Maryland didn’t act until 1864, when it held a referendum
— and even then, the outcome wasn’t at all certain.
The vote tipped in favor of abolition only after the absentee ballots of soldiers fighting for the North were counted. The final tally was 30,174 in favor of freeing the slaves to 29,799 against.
On Nov. 1, 1864, Maryland’s slaves were declared free, only a few months before Congress would approve the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Many blacks in Maryland had taken matters into their own hands by that time, either escaping to the District or enlisting in the Union army, where they served as free men.
Very Good condition.
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