Excerpt from The Maryland Constitution of 1864 Thls study was undertaken at the Suggestlon of Dr. Bernard G. Steiner, and 15 an attempt to trace one of the most 1mportant movements ln Maryland hlstory. Although ob soured and complicated by the momentous events whlcb were rendlng the l1fe of the Natlon to lts very foundatlon, lts most 1mportant phase was the d831re to brlng about the to tal abolltlon of slavery 1n the State. Pre31dent Llncoln's eman01pation proclamatlon of September 22, 1862 dld not ap ply to Naryland, as thls State was not 1n rebellion, hence the local movement was necessary ln order to carry out the poliey of the Natlonal Government, and the Constltutlon of 1864, w1th 1ts prohlbltory clause ln regard to slavery, was the result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.