This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress, dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to secure ...
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for a crime for which the defendant has been convicted. Congress was given the power to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Dec 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States.