The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII ... Slavery was absolutely abolished in the United States of America. We shall continue our study of the Constitution in the next article about Amendment ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

Slavery was a critical part of the United States from its creation ... this article by appropriate legislation.The 13th Amendment, US Constitution According to the National Constitution Center ...

The Constitution of the United States has been amended 27 times. The first 10 amendments are commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights, and the remaining 17 deal with everything from who can vote ...

A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system ...

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, as well as a copy of the Emacipation Proclamation, are heading to ...

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment ... the amendment had the prerequisite number of states to ensure its ratification. Slavery in the United States was ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

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