The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and sent to the states for ratification. On December 6, 1865, when Georgia ratified the amendment, it becam
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Library of Congress|AP Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: the first in the 19th century, growing out of the anti-slavery movement, and the second, in the 1960s and 1970s. Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of the...
The first organized abolitionists in the United States were Quakers who objected to slavery on religious grounds. Many influential abolitionists were also Black people who had previously been enslaved and who had seen the horrors of slavery firsthand. ...
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) is a holiday commemorating this day, which marked an effective end of slavery in the United States. Black History For the Black Dandy, Fine Clothes Asserted Dignity Stylish attire became a potent form of cultural defiance. Black History When Black Jock...
Former President James Madison calls for the gradual abolition of slavery in the United States. He advocates that freed slaves be given homesteads in the western territories. In Tennessee, Charles Osborn launches an anti-slavery newspaper, The Manumission Intelligencer. He changes it to Emancipator in...
After the Civil War, three amendments -- the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, part of Congressional Reconstruction -- were passed, designed to ensure equality for African Americans in the South. The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and indentured servitude. The 14...
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and sent to the states for ratification. On December 6, 1865, when Georgia ratified the amendment, it became law - officially abolishing slavery in the US. At the ti...
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and sent to the states for ratification. On December 6, 1865, when Georgia ratified the amendment, it became law - officially abolishing slavery in the US. At the ti...
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