Category: 13th Amendment
NY Times Article by Eric Foner on “The Lost Promise of Reconstruction”
The New York Times has an interesting article from historian Eric Foner on The Lost Promise of Reconstruction. From the article: Among the unanticipated consequences…
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito published by Southern Illinois University Press 188 pages (2015) Hardcover $24.93 Kindle $14.72. Lincoln…
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13th Amendment Documents and Commentary
On December 15, 1865 Sec. of State William Seward announced that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery had been ratified and that it was now the…
Videos and Other Resources for Understanding the History of the 13th Amendment Ending Slavery
The 13th Amendment was one of the subjects of the film Lincoln, but the amendment was not ratified until half-a-year after the president’s death. In…