Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

Daniel Trafford can rattle off dates of Civil War battles and publications down to the month and day without hesitation. But ...

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, forever altering the American landscape. However, the full realization of its promises for American Freedmen (i.e. lineal ...

Sold at the Fine Books and Manuscripts event in New York, each copy plays a crucial role in American’s history. The Thirteenth Amendment enshrined the abolition of slavery into law; the copy up for ...

CAMILLA, Ga. (WALB) - Saint Peter AME Church kicked off Black History Month with a Thirteenth Amendment celebration highlighting African Americans’ freedom from slavery in the United States. The event ...

Prologue : the bread pill -- The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin just bought two of the most significant documents ever signed by President Abraham Lincoln, adding to his trove of Americana. Griffin reset the record for any document signed ...

Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin bought original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation, both signed by former President Abraham Lincoln, at a New York Sotheby’s auction. The hedge fund ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for a crime for which ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...