New England Patriots 2015 schedule. The New England Patriots start of their Super Bowl defense with a prime time Thursday night game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Foxborough.
Quatr.us > America > People > Reconstruction. April 2016 - During the Civil War, in 1863 AD, President Lincoln announced the end of slavery. When the North won the war, in 1865, Congress and the states voted to change the Constitution to make slavery illegal, so all the people who were slaves in the South became free. Some people chose to leave the plantations, now that they were free.
Many people think that the Emancipation Proclamation resulted in the total abolition of slavery. While the Emancipation Proclamation did free some slaves, the 13th Amendment called for the total abolition of slavery. It was the primary piece of legislation that permanently ended the institution of slavery in the United States, and it was passed in 1865.