The 13th Amendment is ratified to the U.S. Constitution,
officially ending slavery in the
United States. It came eight months after the war and is tagged as the greatest
change to come out of the Civil War. The Senate passed the amendment in April
1864.
Republicans wanted to ban slavery
entirely but Democrats wanted to restore the states’ rights to decide, keeping
alive the possibility that slavery could still exist. A Republican victory in the upcoming election
would almost guarantee the passage. Lincoln’s
overwhelming victory pushed the amendment forward and the House passed it in
January 1865. It was sent to the states
for ratification and when Georgia ratified it on Dec 6, slavery was officially
abolished.
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