This Day in History: Slavery Is Abolished in America
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This Day in History:
Slavery Is Abolished in America.
December 18, 1865.
The 13th Amendment was formally
adopted into the U.S. Constitution.
It ensures that “neither
slavery nor involuntary
servitude … shall exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”.
It had been approved
in the Republican-led
Senate in April of 1864.
But the amendment had been
bogged down in the Democratic-led
House of Representatives for almost a year.
On December 2, 1865,
Alabama became the 27th state
to ratify the 13th Amendment.
The former confederate state's
vote provided the requisite three-fourths
majority of states’ approval needed
to make the 13th amendment the law of the land
Slavery Is Abolished in America.
December 18, 1865.
The 13th Amendment was formally
adopted into the U.S. Constitution.
It ensures that “neither
slavery nor involuntary
servitude … shall exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”.
It had been approved
in the Republican-led
Senate in April of 1864.
But the amendment had been
bogged down in the Democratic-led
House of Representatives for almost a year.
On December 2, 1865,
Alabama became the 27th state
to ratify the 13th Amendment.
The former confederate state's
vote provided the requisite three-fourths
majority of states’ approval needed
to make the 13th amendment the law of the land