30 January 2013

History for the day

30 January 1865
The House of Representatives deals a blow to the crumbling institution of slavery, passing the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, designed to abolish slavery throughout the United States. The amendment became the law of the land in December, when Georgia became the 27th state to ratify the amendment, giving it the necessary three-fourths majority it required from state legislatures under the Constitution. 

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