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13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History

External Websites

The following external websites contain primary source materials related to the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
National Archives and Records Administration
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln External
Abraham Lincoln Association
Documents from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 External
University of Maryland
End of Slavery: The Creation of the 13th Amendment External
HarpWeek
Joint Resolution Proposing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
National Archives and Records Administration
Landmark Legislation: Thirteenth, Fourteenth, & Fifteenth Amendments
U.S. Senate
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law External
HeinOnline - This free collection brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world, as well as materials on free African-Americans in the colonies and the U.S. before 1870.
The Thirteenth Amendment External
National Constitution Center
“I Will Be Heard!” Abolitionism in America External
Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections