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Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
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It was ratified by a vote of 50,261 to 21,297.†
Subsection 4 *

ratified = approved
Should the amendment be ratified by the states, it would nourish bondage for an epoch by fixing slavery fast in the constitutional structure of the nation.†
Subsection 6
Although it was no part of his constitutional function, Lincoln did what he could to speed this amendment toward ratification by announcing that he considered it only an explicit statement of what was already implicit in the Constitution—"I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable."†
Subsection 6

ratification = approval

Definitions:

(1) (ratify)
to approve -- typically the formal approval of an agreement by an organization
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)