Passed the US Senate on April 8, 1864,
passed the House on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the States December
6, 1865, it abolished slavery as a legal institution.
The Constitution refers to slaves as "such
persons" in Article I, Section 9 and “a person held to service or
labor” in Article IV, Section 2. The Thirteenth Amendment, in direct
terminology, put an end to this. The amendment states:
Section 1:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2:
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation."
Forgotten Founders Historic Documents and Coins of Freedom - By Stanley
L. Klos - Last Exhbit at the 2008 GOP Convention:
http://www.pinellasrepublican.org/
Forgotten Founders Historic Documents and Coins of Freedom - By Stanley
L. Klos
Uncommon Sense: President Obama and
US China Trade 1784-2009
The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
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