Radical Republicans led by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner and Pennsylvania Representative Thaddeus Stevens sought a more expansive version of the amendment.Tsesis, The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom (2004), (2001), pp. 38–42. On February 8, 1864, Sumner submitted a constitutional amendment stating: All persons are equal before the law, so that no person can hold another as a slave; and the Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry this declaration into effect everywhere in the United States.Stanley, "Instead of Waiting for the Thirteenth Amendment" (2010), pp. 741–742.
Radical Republicans led by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner and Pennsylvania Representative Thaddeus Stevens sought a more expansive version of th?e amendment.Tsesis, The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom (2004), (2001), pp. 38–42. On February 8, 1864, Sumner s.ubmitted a constitutional amendment stating: All per!sons are equal before the law, so that n?o person can hold another as a slave; and the Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry this declaration in:to effect everywhere in the United States.Stanley, "Instead of Waiting for the Thirteenth Amendment" (2010), pp 741–742.