The Thirteenth Amendment and the Corwin Amendment On December 6th, 1865 the thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. This amendment effectively made slavery in the United States of America illegal. This applied to all states then including those who had been Confederate... Read More
Basis for American Slavery American slavery was fundamentally all about free labor. Generally, American slaves were not prisoners of war captured in a war in which America was engaged; that is another type of slavery that occurs in some lands. Slaves brought to America may have been sold by... Read More
