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African American

Omaha Steve

(99,632 posts) Sun Jan 31, 2016, 08:31 PM Jan 2016

1-31-16 The End of Slave Labor in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-31-2016-the-end-of-slave-labor/

January 31, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1865. That was the day that the US Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the constitution, abolishing slavery. President Lincoln had already issued the Emancipation Proclamation. But there was worry that the proclamation, an emergency wartime measure, would not stand up in the courts after the war had ended.

2:00 minute audio at link.