Complete text of the thirteenth amendment of the United States Constitution.

Before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln was already making plans for Reconstruction in the South. Read about his plan and the plan of the Radical Republicans. See the reasoning behind each plan.

Students will study a letter from Annie Davis, a woman who was enslaved in Maryland and wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War to find out if 'we are free.' The students will decide if she received her freedom...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An article that discusses the 13-15th amendments and their impact on social history.

The abolition movement sought to end the practice of slavery in the United States.