The House approved an abolition decree by a large majority after years of petitions and debate. Arguments centered on ending slavery while compensating enslavers for their alleged property losses. The bill made legal abolition possible but tied emancipation to an indemnity system. The debate documents how the state recognized slaveholders’ financial claims even as it ended their legal power over enslaved people.
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Which chamber approved the abolition decree on 16 March 1854?
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The House approved it on 16 March; the Senate followed on 23 March.