Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress.Although the Senate passed it in April 1864, the House did not. At that point, Lincoln took an active role to ensure passage through congress.incoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress.
George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 â August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.
In 1900, a young boy named Francis Ouimet finds a Vardon Flyer, a new gutta percha golf ball produced by Spalding and named, of course, after Harry Vardon. Harry Vardon, in fact, had come to America that very year in order to promote his ball in particular and in order to promote the sport of golf in general.t the age of nine, 1902, Francis was looking for golf balls at The Country Club when a member asked him to carry his bag. Francisâ father, Arthur, had no tolerance for the elitist and frivolous game of golf, but he did value work. Francisâ career as a caddie began, and his interest and golf skills continued to grow.