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Thirteenth Amendment (1865)

On the American Civil War map as “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.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
Reconstruction era (chapter 12 of American Civil War)
Atlas
The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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Map showing Thirteenth Amendment (1865), turning point in The American Civil War, 1840–1877
TURNING POINT · THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1840–1877

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