"The United States Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing the institution of slavery on April 8, 1864. The House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment over nine months later on January 31, 1865. The following day President Abraham Lincoln signed the Joint Resolution proposing the Thirteenth Amendment, which sent it to the states for ratification. That same day, Lincolnaas home state of Illinois became the first state to ratify the new amendment. Twenty-seven of the thirty-six American states would have to ratify the amendment before it could officially be an amendment to the Constitution. By Lincolnaas second inaugural on March 4, 1865, eighteen states had ratified the amendment. Unfortunately President Lincoln did not live to see the Thirteenth Amendment added to the Constitution. Georgia became the twenty-seventh state when its legislature ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865. ...The Post Office Department celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment with a 3-cent stamp, issued October 20, 1940." People | Concepts | Freedom | Vertical | 1940

High Resolution JPEG Picture of "The United States Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing the institution of slavery on April 8, 1864. The House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment over nine months later on January 31, 1865. The following day President Abraham Lincoln signed the Joint Resolution proposing the Thirteenth Amendment, which sent it to the states for ratification. That same day, Lincolnaas home state of Illinois became the first state to ratify the new amendment. Twenty-seven of the thirty-six American states would have to ratify the amendment before it could officially be an amendment to the Constitution. By Lincolnaas second inaugural on March 4, 1865, eighteen states had ratified the amendment. Unfortunately President Lincoln did not live to see the Thirteenth Amendment added to the Constitution. Georgia became the twenty-seventh state when its legislature ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865. ...The Post Office Department celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment with a 3-cent stamp, issued October 20, 1940." [183383336] stock photo