Learn More – Georgia Ratifies 13th Amendment
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Visit ourdocuments.gov to read the 13th Amendment: http://www.ourdocuments.gov
Library of Congress Web Guide to the 13th
Amendment: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
Freedmen & Southern Society: http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/index.html
United States Constitution and Analysis: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html