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 his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order attacking birthright citizenship, the ...

This Reconstruction strategy also requires states to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, ending slavery ... Republican vision of how post-Civil War American society should be structured into the ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...

A Southern supporter of the Union who balanced the ticket in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection, Johnson led the Southern Reconstruction ... and incorporate the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery ...

Birthright Citizenship Began With Us Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant The National Museum of African-American History ...