Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

Or so we think. In the 1980s, Adler says a researcher started finding copies of the Constitution from the pre-Civil War era that had TONA listed as the 13th Amendment.

You probably never have read the text of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Aside from Constitutional lawyers and a few lawmakers, few of us have. Here is the complete text of Section 1 ...

"The Reconstruction Amendments: Essential Documents," Vol. 1: The Antebellum Constitution and The Thirteenth Amendment The first of two volumes on constitutional reconstruction presents the ...

In 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlawing slavery.

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.

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. The am… ...

Panelists looked at the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, ... 13th Amendment and Mass Incarceration. 2017-04-07T19:03:27-04:00 ...

The 13th Amendment abolished the evil institution of slavery in 1865, but debate continues over the relationship between slavery and the Constitution in 1789 and afterward.

D.C. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, on Monday suggested that the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to abortion.

The story of the Constitution and abortion could yet have another chapter, or amendment. That possibility snapped into focus via a federal district judge’s order for briefing on whether a ...

A few years ago, a group of Iowa Republicans claimed the legitimate 13th Amendment to the Constitution was “missing.” The debate is part of an historical detective story with some surprising ...