History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2254 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Thirteenth Amendment
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The idea
The Emancipation Proclamation had left slavery's legal status unresolved, and the eighteen sixty-four Republican platform demanded its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the Republic.
In practice
That platform naming slavery as the cause, and the strength, of the Rebellion.
Where people slip
The Senate passed the amendment in April eighteen sixty-four, the House concurred in January eighteen sixty-five, and it was ratified that December.
Your place on the trail
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