In 1864, U.S. Sen. Lyman Trumbull of Illinois co-authored and sponsored the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Senate passed the proposed amendment on April 8, 1864, and then it ...

Former Illinois Sen. Lyman Trumbull, chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee and principal architect of the 13th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, joined Howard in agreeing ...

Likewise, Senator Lyman Trumbull, author of the 13th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act and a drafter of the Fourteenth Amendment, said that the six words included only those “not owing ...

Edward Bates. Alongside the Thirteenth Amendment banning slavery and Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing voting rights, the three amendments are known together as the “Civil War Amendments ...

In the 14th Amendment, ... this a part of the 14th Amendment which is one of three post-Civil War amendments, 13th ... And I will prove it to you: On January 5, 1866, Lyman Trumbull, an ...

Prior to the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865, ... Sen. Lyman Trumbull’s confiscation act, and Gen. John Frémont’s martial law declaration.

Opinion: 13th Amendment has been cited to address what we consider modern forms of slavery, i.e., sex trafficking, bondage or aggravated kidnapping.

Accordingly, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, proclaimed in December 1865, forbade slavery. To prevent it from being reborn, ... Sen. Lyman Trumbull of Illinois.

• View the home of Lyman Trumbull, co-author of the 13th Amendment, at 1105 Henry St., in Alton. • The Lucy Haskell Playhouse was built for Lucy Jane Haskell, daughter of Dr. William A. and ...