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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/its-constitution-day-time-to-teach-obedience-or-history/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 14/9/12] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/its-constitution-day-time-to-teach-obedience-or-history/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 14/9/12] | ||
Pearson-Prentice Hall’s high school textbook, United States History, opens its chapter on the Constitution with this Daniel Webster quote: “We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land — not, perhaps, the sun and stars. | Pearson-Prentice Hall’s high school textbook, United States History, opens its chapter on the Constitution with this Daniel Webster quote: “We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land — not, perhaps, the sun and stars. | ||
=====Dec. 18, 1865: Ratification of 13th Amendment===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/thirteenth-amendment-ratified/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
On Dec. 18, 1865, following its ratification by the requisite three-quarters of the states earlier in the month, the 13th Amendment was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. . . shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. | |||
