JAN. 31, 1865: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY On this day, the House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery. The Senate had passed it almost a year earlier in April 1864. See what else happened in 1865 - explore the slavery timeline from our 2005 show, “Slavery and the Making of America.”
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JAN. 31, 1865: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY

On this day, the House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery. The Senate had passed it almost a year earlier in April 1864.


See what else happened in 1865 - explore the slavery timeline from our 2005 show, “Slavery and the Making of America.”

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