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Ashley of Ohio is entitled to the credit of having made the first proposition to Congress to amend the Constitution so as to prohibit slavery throughout the United States.
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Blaine acknowledges the pivotal role of Ashley of Ohio in proposing the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery.
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