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It still existed in the other Border States and in Tennessee, and its abolition in the remaining States of the Confederacy depended upon the validity of the President's Proclamation of Emancipation.
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Blaine discusses the status of slavery in the remaining Border States and its dependence on the President's Proclamation of Emancipation.
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