Today Is 150th Anniversary of the Day 13th Amendment Became Law 12/18/1865

Pat Young

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150 years ago today Sec. of State William Seward announced that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery had been ratified and that it was now the law of the land.

I thought it might be nice to celebrate the end of slavery by creating a thread where we could all post materials from the Civil War/Reconstruction periods related to the passage of the 13th Amendment as well as any comments folks might have on the amendment and its process of ratification.

I will be posting documents at different times today that were related to the end of slavery in 1865. I invite you to join in.
 
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