Daily Archives for 1 February 2017


February 1: 13th Amendment Submitted to States

On 1 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed signed a Joint Resolution submitting the proposed 13th Amendment to the states. This amendment states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, nor any place subject to their jurisdiction.” This […]