People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United ...

January 31st marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished ... found at the Library of Congress. The e-book that showcases all of the interviews ...

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Let’s start with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ... Many books have been written about this amendment through the years. These books all end up hinging on one thing: what is moral, and what is ...

Reparations. For what? For whom? What does this word mean? At its basic level, Reparations means to make someone whole for past wrongs. Today it is usually phrased as “Reparations for Slavery” to be ...

Hougen, a Ninth Circuit panel divided over the question whether Congress had authority under section two of the Thirteenth Amendment to make it a federal crime to commit, or to attempt to commit ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.