Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/03/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 28, 2014.

Depicted ContentThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States

Depicted ContentKelley, William Darrah

Depicted ContentReconstruction Amendments

Depicted ContentStevens, Thaddeus

Depicted ContentTheodore M. Pomeroy to Elizabeth L.W. Pomeroy, February 1, 1865

Depicted ContentThe Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery is announced as now the law of the land.

Depicted ContentIn Washington D.C., the House of Representatives passes the Thirteen Amendment outlawing slavery

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engraving

Original caption

SCENE IN THE HOUSE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSITION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION, JANUARY 31, 1865.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, February 18, 1865, p. 97.

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