The 13th Amendment
On this day (December 18) in 1865, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially adopted. This amendment states, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
It was former Confederate States of America member Alabama that ratified the amendment only a few weeks before, pushing the vote count to the three-fourths majority that was needed for ratification.
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Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of The Constitution (Hardback)
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His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad (Hardback)
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Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams’s Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress (Hardback)
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Words That Built a Nation: A Young Person’s Collection of Historic American Documents (Hardback)
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