MGJR Volume 16 Summer 2026 Summer Issue | Seite 36

Th e Cleveland Leader SLAVERY IS DEAD
Th e Louisville Courier-Journal RATIFICATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Th e Lansing State Journal Slavery No More
Th e Perrysburg Journal FREEDOM!

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THE OTHER 13TH AMENDMENT

By DeWAYNE WICKHAM
On December 6, 1865, Georgia became the 27th state to approve the 13th amendment. This action by the state’ s legislature gave the amendment the approval of three-fourths of the nation’ s 36 states that was needed to ratify it into law – and to make it an indelible part of the American Constitution. As news of the 13th amendment’ s ratification slowly spread across the nation, newspaper headlines rejoiced.

Th e Cleveland Leader SLAVERY IS DEAD

THE SHACKLES FALL No Human Bondage in the United States After Dec. 18, 1865

Th e Louisville Courier-Journal RATIFICATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Th e Lansing State Journal Slavery No More

Th e Perrysburg Journal FREEDOM!

THE GREAT EVENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY!
Slavery Forever Dead in The United States!
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