In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln convinced Congress to…

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of…

— Angela Davis

“Indeed, several months later, when Lincoln became convinced that Schofield was actually leaning toward the conservatives instead of using “his influence to harmonize the…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

If you read the 13th Amendment, it doesn't talk about narratives of racial difference. It doesn't talk about ideologies of white supremacy. It only…

— Bryan Stevenson

It has been pretty much downhill ever since the 13th amendment

— Zach Braff

“Even when the 13th Amendment was passed to abolish slavery with an exception of servitude as a penalty for criminal conviction, the introduction of…

— Dumisani Tafadzwa Mayele

There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could harness the…

— Barack Obama

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did…

— Corrine Brown

Our party was built upon the beliefs of President Abraham Lincoln, who took the significant step to put us on the long path for…

— Will Hurd

“In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into effect the Morrill Act, whose premise was the belief that “everyone could benefit from an education in…

— Clinton R. LeFort

“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…

— Jane Singer

“Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best…

— Elton Trueblood

“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…

— Jane Singer

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep-cut,…

— Walt Whitman

“Mauritania officially abolished slavery in 1980, though its own government admitted that the practice continued nevertheless.”

— Thomas Sowell

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as…

— William H. Seward