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Thirteenth Amendment (1865)

On the American Civil War map as “The Thirteenth Amendment”

6 Dec 1865 — The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States.” Slavery is ended in the constitutional text throughout the country, even as the struggle over the meaning of freedom begins.

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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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