Had three-quarters of states ratified this proposal, it would have become the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ... of New York and author of the book “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives ... author of the 1989 book Battle Cry of Freedom, which is perhaps still the single best history ...

The penalty has remained on the books in more than a dozen states ... one day lead to the removal of such language from the 13th Amendment altogether, though some argue that the movement ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

Lincoln was the only Oscar-winning movie ever to dramatize the passage of a constitutional amendment — the 13th, which ended slavery. Director Steven Spielberg gave all the credit for the ...

The 13th Amendment is based on Article Six of the 1787 ... She is the author of “We Go High,” a non-fiction self-help-by-proxy book on overcoming adversity publishing in 2022, and host of ...

This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for a crime for which the defendant ...