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What was contained in the first Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction proposed by US President Lincoln in 1863?
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President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which outlined a path by which each southern state could rejoin the Union. Under Lincoln's plan a minority of voters (equal to at least 10 percent of those who had cast ballots in the election of 1860) would have to take an oath of allegiance to the Union and accept emancipation. Lincoln hoped through his "10 percent plan" to undermine the Confederacy by establishing pro-Union governments within it.
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∙ 9y agoIn a message to Congress late in 1863, US President Lincoln announced his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. The main points of it offered the Confederates a full pardon and the restoration of their property rights, slaves were excluded from this amnesty as was to be expected. Also, high ranking Confederate officials would have to take a loyalty oath. His proposal extended recognition to the Confederate States when as few as 10% of their voting eligible population also took a loyalty oath. Louisiana, occupied by the Union, was the first State to take up the proposal. About 11,000 voters agreed to abide by the Emancipation Proclamation and was permitted to elect a governor and a legislature. Black suffrage, however, was not provided for.
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president or vice president
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A member of the house of representatives, the President, or the Vice-President
