In the Senate of the United States. July 3, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the reconstruction of the rebel states would be hastened and the best interests of the country promoted if the President of the United States, in the exercise of the pardoning power, would require that every landed proprietor who has been engaged in the rebellion, before receiving his pardon therefor, should convey to the freedmen -- his former slaves -- a certain portion of the land on which they have worked... [electronic resource].

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Online Access
Corporate Author:	United States. Congress. Senate
Other Authors:	Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC, 1867.
Series:	Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 40th Congress, 1st session, no. 37. United States congressional serial set ; serial set no. 1309.
Subjects:	Land reform. Presidential pardons. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Freedmen. Slaveholders. South (U.S.) Motions and Resolutions.