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Thomas Jefferson signed it
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More than 4 million people were held as slaves
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It stated that all slaves held in any states "then in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
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Most of the Democrats refused to sign it.
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Lincoln invited various individuals representatives to his office in order to discuss the Amendment and pressure the border state unionist to change their position in regards to the Amendment.
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It had the required 2/3 majority
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Illinois was the first one to sign it and Mississipi was the last one to sign it.
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Thaddeus Stevens it combined different legislative proposals
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It was over the veto of President Andrew Johnson
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Discriminatory practices were used in order to prevent African-Americans their right to vote.
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Most of them were dominated by the Republican party
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It affected the decision taken in proceeding court cases
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They made illegal at state and local levels to deny African-Americans to express their right to vote.