Washington Examiner

The revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress, dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to secure ...
Mississippi State University

Civil War scholars to lead Williams lecture on Lincoln, 13th Amendment next month

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Noted Civil War experts Brandi C. Brimmer and Judith Giesberg are leading a discussion on the 16th president and the amendment abolishing slavery during the eighth annual Frank and ...
Mississippi State University

Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series on Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies: Lincoln and the Constitution: The 13th Amendment

Please join us for Lincoln and the Constitution: The 13th Amendment, a conversation between scholars. Guest scholars include Brandi C. Brimmer, the Morehead-Cain Alumni Associate Professor at the ...
Palm Beach Daily News

Billionaire Ken Griffin buys rare copies of Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment

Ken Griffin, known for purchasing a Stegosaurus skeleton and a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, recently acquired Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment. Griffin purchased the ...
insider.si.edu

A look at the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments : slavery abolished, equal protection established / John Richard Conway

The United States Constitution was created to lay out the basic laws and principles of the Unites States. The Bill of Rights was added to ensure the basic human rights of American citizens. This book ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: 13 Amendment adopted

The 13th Amendment of the Constitution was formally adopted and declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The amendment ensured slavery was abolished in America. Gray Media, parent ...