illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery.
illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery.
first state to ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery?
illinois
stevens pushed congress to pass a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. the emancipation proclamation was a wartime measure, did not apply to all slaves, and might be reversed by peacetime courts; an amendment would be slavery's end. the thirteenth amendment—which outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime—easily passed the senate, but failed in the house in june; fears that it might not pass delayed a renewed attempt there. lincoln campaigned aggressively for the amendment after his re-election in 1864, and stevens described his december annual message to congress as "the most important and best message that has been communicated to congress for the last 60 years". stevens closed the debate on the amendment on january 13, 1865. illinois representative isaac arnold wrote: "distinguished soldiers and citizens filled every available seat, to hear the eloquent old man speak on a measure that was to consummate the warfare of forty years against slavery".
thaddeus stevens
bullet::::- 2014 – organized and moderated a panel discussion on "the star-ledger"’s departure from newark, a move that left the city without a daily newspaper for the first time in 175 years.









































bullet::::- 2015 – gave one of two keynote speeches at the "seated lincoln" statue in newark commemorating the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the 13th amendment to the u.s. constitution abolishing slavery.









































bullet::::- 2015 – organized and moderated a program commemorating the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln’s death, an event held at newark’s lincoln statue.
guy sterling