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FILE - This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. National lawmakers are expected on ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The Thirteenth Amendment was intended to complete the destruction of slavery begun by the U.S. government during the ...

Lincoln came late to the campaign for a thirteenth amendment that would abolish slavery. Instead, he argued for gradual emancipation, one state at a time, coupled with federal funds granted to ...

Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment. Resistance builds against social media ban in Texas prisons In April ...

In the book, “Slavery After Slavery," Dr. Mary Frances Berry, who is an acclaimed historian, educator and activist, writes about the court cases of several children who were forced to work and ...

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A clear-cut example of the follies of the Founding Fathers. Why would states or people have powers? All power belongs to one ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe appears to be using the promise of power-sharing as a political tool to secure himself in power.