Abolitionist Movement
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Library of Congress
Primary Documents in American History The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "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, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. The African-American Mosaic https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html Abolition Resources https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=abolition&new=true |
Teaching About Activism: The Era of Antebellum Reform http://www.tolerance.org/search/apachesolr_search/Abolitionist |
150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT http://constitutioncenter.org/calendar/150th-anniversary-of-the-ratification-of-the-thirteenth-amendment |
‘If There Is No Struggle…’: Teaching a People’s History of the Abolition Movement http://zinnedproject.org/materials/if-there-is-no-struggle-teaching-a-peoples-history-of-the-abolition-movement/ |