Colorado voters have approved an amendment to their state's constitution that completely abolishes slavery — by stripping out language that still exists in the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG) - Slavery is still allowed in Ohio’s constitution as a punishment for crime. Some Ohio lawmakers want to change that to eliminate mentions of slavery from the state’s founding ...

The 13th Amendment of the Constitution was formally adopted and declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The amendment ensured slavery was abolished in America. Gray Media, parent ...

Please join us for Lincoln and the Constitution: The 13th Amendment, a conversation between scholars. Guest scholars include Brandi C. Brimmer, the Morehead-Cain Alumni Associate Professor at the ...

NYU Law professor Melissa Murray gives context and commentary on the nation's founding document in her new book The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.

Prologue : the bread pill -- The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, ...