On April 14, 1775, the first organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery in North America was founded in Philadelphia.

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Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

Trumpism and the Department of Government Efficiency are returning American society to a primitive state of nature.

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

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President Donald Trump said last month that there are “methods” by which he could remain in office for a third term, skirting the two-term limit set in the U.S. Constitution nearly 75 years ago. But ...

It was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress. 2. The 13th Amendment (1865): Abolishing slavery, this amendment was championed by Republicans during the Reconstruction era. 3. The 14th Amendment ...

To start a convention, it would require 34 states to sign on, and support from 38 states would be needed to ratify any new amendments. They're calling for new amendments that would institute term ...

but that an ordinance of council is needed to ratify a franchise. Kitko said this amendment was to simplify the legislation because you don’t need an ordinance to do certain agreements.