Sunday, May 15, 2011

Marley - thirteenth ammendment - deborahs class

http://topics.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiii
the thirteenth amendment states that all slaves will be freed and that slavery or anything of that sort was aggainst the law unless used for punishment from a crime.

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=18082&img=0&level=advanced&transcription=0
this is a letter written by E.A. Dammers.  it was written to George Fuller regarding the thirteenth amendment.  it also tells some about what life was like back then.

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