Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865.
John D Rockefeller was a man who owned a wealthy business. He was born on 8 July 1839 in Richford, New York, and died on 23 May 1937. He was the founder of the Standard Oil c â¦ ompany, and a philanthropist. He sold standard oil for a lot more then it was worth. In today's money he would have been worth 2.5 billion dollars.
He was the only son among the five children of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller and the father of the five famous Rockefeller brothers.In biographies, he is commonly referred to as Junior to distinguish him from his father, Senior.ockefeller was the fifth and last child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. (1839â1937) and schoolteacher Laura Celestia Cettie Spelman (1839â1915). His four older sisters were Elizabeth (Bessie) (1866â1906), Alice (who died an infant) (1869â1870), Alta (1871â1962), and Edith (1872â1932).