February 1

Black History: Earlier DatesMore>>
February 29
February 29
1968: Kerner Commission Documents a Divided SocietyMore >>
February 28
February 28
1942: Detroit Rebellion an Omen of Deadly RiotsMore >>
February 27
February 27
1988: Debi Thomas Medals at Winter OlympicsMore >>
February 26
February 26
1870: Political Deal Brings End to ReconstructionMore >>
February 25
February 25
1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. SenatorMore >>
February 24
February 24
1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes a PhysicianMore >>
February 23
February 23
1868: W.E.B DuBois Born in MassachusettsMore >>
February 22
February 22
1988: First Grammy Awarded in Rap CategoryMore >>
February 21
February 21
1965: Malcolm X Assassinated in New York CityMore >>
February 20
February 20
1895: Anti-Slavery Crusader Frederick Douglass DiesMore >>

February 1, 1865

President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment

On this date in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed a joint resolution submitting the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery throughout the United States, to the states for approval. The amendment was ratified on Dec. 6, 1865. (The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Lincoln on Jan. 31, 1863, had freed slaves only in those Confederate states "under rebellion" against the United States.)

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