Reflecting on the 150th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment

By Published on December 6, 2015

On this day 150 years ago, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, thus officially ending chattel slavery in the United States. America’s original sin — its birth in freedom based on human slavery — was no longer sanctioned by American law.

 

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