13th Amendment Ratified
December 6, 1865
Summary
People Involved
- Abraham Lincoln announced his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
- A proposal by James Mitchell Ashley is known as a trigger to several other proposals that arose in that following year on December 14, 1863.
- Senator John Henderson submitted a joint resolution for an amendment abolishing slavery.
- Lyman Trumbull, who was an Illinois Republican, began to consider different versions of the slavery abolition amendment.
- Senator Charles Sumner submitted an amendment that would guarantee equality under the law.
Interesting Facts
- April 1864 - The Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment.
- June 15 1864 - The House of Representatives defeated the Thirteenth Amendment by a vote of 93-65.
- January 31, 1865 - The House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment by a vote of 119-56.
- December 18, 1865 - Secretary of State William Seward issued a statement verifying the Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee drafted the final language for the Thirteenth Amendment. The amendment is written in two sections.
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