To continue: The time span in which this took place was short, spanning the confusion and violence of the Civil War.
It therefore follows that the original 13th Amendment was expunged by persons unknown for reasons they did not make public. No record of this event is now known except books then in existence and in still existing records that are now available.
Let us not leap to conclusions. Instead we will take baby steps.
Who was responsible for this? Who benefited? What were their motives?
What changed because the Original 13th Amendment disappeared?
How many attorneys admitted to the BAR were elected to office in the several decades that followed? How many before the Original 13th was expunged?
These are the facts and questions to be considered. Know the truth and it will set you free.
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