On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification. The amendment reads as follows: ...

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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 ...

Slavery was a critical part of the United States from its creation, both as a collection of colonies and as its own entity. The practice was legal in all 13 colonies, and the authors of the ...

The military expenditures had occurred by 1865. General William Sherman ... military aspect of the anti-slavery revolution. The 13th Amendment, passed in truly extraordinary circumstances ...

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Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

On February 1, 2003, the world lost Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke apart during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.

1865, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.— US Code 124 - National Freedom Day. The day is ...