MAPS OF HISTORY · The American Civil War · ALL CHAPTERS · The Thirteenth Amendment
Turning point · The American Civil War, 1861–1865
The Thirteenth Amendment
6 Dec 1865 — Ratified: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States.” Slavery is dead in constitutional text, everywhere, forever — and the struggle over what freedom means begins at once.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — Reconstruction — The Unfinished Revolution in The American Civil War, 1861–1865.
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