Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Item Info

Title:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Date Created:
1865-02-01
Description:
North Carolina’s copy of the 13th Amendment, this document formally ended legal slavery in the United States. This document is stored in a climate-controlled vault, the original location of the document was: Governor’s Papers, Provisional Governor William Woods Holden, Box 185 (February-June 1865), Folder 1 (2 February 1865 to 31 May 1865)
Subjects:
African American children African American men African American women African Americans Constitutional amendments--United States Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States Slavery--Law and legislation--United States Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History Slavery--United States--History--19th century United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
Location:
United States
Source:
Vault Collection. State Archives of North Carolina
Source Identifier:
VC_42_13th_Amendment_US_Constitution
Type:
Text; image
Format:
image/jpeg
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution", Juneteenth Resources, State Library of North Carolina
Reference Link:
https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files/juneteenth/items/juneteenth007.html
Rights
Rights:
All rights held by the State Archives of NC. Permission to publish must be obtained from the registrar in writing.
Standardized Rights:
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/about#copyright-and-use-restrictions-simple-rich-text-area