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