To place slave emancipation on a secure constitutional footing, Congress proposed on January 31, 1865, to abolish slavery by constitutional amendment. Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment ...

The race was too early to call as of Wednesday afternoon, but current vote tallies show the amendment losing. “Neither ...

Georgia became the 27th state to ratify the 13th Amendment, raising the total to the necessary three-quarters of the states. Ratification was officially certified on December 18. This December is ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The United States abolished slavery except as a punishment of a crime in 1865 with the ratification ...

United States citizenship through birth comes via the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified after the ...