13thAmendment

13thAmendment
Anndee
on December 18, 2023
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This Day In History: December 18,1865
Slavery abolished in America with adoption of 13th amendment 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition
Following its ratification by the requisite three-quarters of the states earlier in the month, the 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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    Unreconstructed
    The pre-carpetbag Southern state governments were a key to the Thirteenth Amendment’s adoption. Although the amendment was first proposed in Congress and received the necessary two-thirds supermajority vote in both Congressional chambers, it could not amend the United States Constitution until three... View More
    • December 18, 2023