No Southern Democrats were represented ... wherein they agreed to end slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment also prohibited involuntary servitude, a catchall that encompassed several forms of labor ...

With all the false elector schemes Trump's people pushed, no wonder he endorsed a Bible missing this part. 13th Amendment - Abolished Slavery This amendment formally abolished slavery in the ...

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

The Thirteenth Amendment was intended to complete the destruction of slavery begun by the U.S. government ... “All persons are equal before the law, so that no person can hold another as a ...

U.S. Homelessness up 18 Percent to Record High This Year Due to Migrant Influx, Housing Crisis Illegal Immigrant Accused of Burning Woman Alive on New York Subway Indicted on Murder Charges Will ...

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Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, ...

In December 1865, eight months after the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution took effect, banning slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United ...