Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. What follows the abolition, separated by the word “except,” has been generating litigation and constitutional argument for 60 years. Most Americans can’t identify ...

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, forever altering the American landscape. However, the full realization of its promises for American Freedmen (i.e. lineal ...

Sold at the Fine Books and Manuscripts event in New York, each copy plays a crucial role in American’s history. The Thirteenth Amendment enshrined the abolition of slavery into law; the copy up for ...

CAMILLA, Ga. (WALB) - Saint Peter AME Church kicked off Black History Month with a Thirteenth Amendment celebration highlighting African Americans’ freedom from slavery in the United States. The event ...

Ken Griffin, known for purchasing a Stegosaurus skeleton and a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, recently acquired Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment. Griffin purchased the ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin bought original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation, both signed by former President Abraham Lincoln, at a New York Sotheby’s auction. The hedge fund ...

Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for a crime for which ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...