The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery

By Zach McKinney

  • American Civil War

    American Civil War
    Fight aganist the North and the South for slavery.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    All slaves in the rebellious states shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.

  • The 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment
    "Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Those using facilities not designated for their race were criminally liable under the statute.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.
    I Have A Dream Speech

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Civil Rights Act ended segeration in public places.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    Prohibits racial discrimination

  • Vermont Prison

    Vermont Prison
    Man accuses prison of them violating his 13th amendment, by making him work hard in unsafe conditions

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi
    After 148 years they finally ratify the 13th amendment.

  • Fergusion

    Fergusion
    African Americans were protesting that an African American got shot by a police officer.