Karpeles Document: Emancipation Proclamation Amendment
Karpeles Document: Emancipation Proclamation Amendment
Grade Levels
Course, Subject
US History 1850-Present, Civics and Government, History
Related Academic Standards
Interactive Document
Description
This document is the original resolution legally approving the thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution outlawing slavery. Visible are the signatures of Schuyler Colfax (Speaker of the House of Representatives), John W. Forney (Secretary of the Senate), Hannibal Hamlin (Vice President), and Abraham Lincoln (President of the United States).
Content Collections
13th Amendment,
slavery,
U.S. Constitution,
U.S. History,
Emancipation Proclamation,
Schuyler Colfax,
John W. Forney,
Hannibal Hamlin,
Abraham Lincoln,
Civics and Government,
Karpeles
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Special Note
Courtesy of the Karpeles Manuscript Library
The Karpeles Manuscript Library, the world’s largest private collection of important original documents and manuscripts, provided this document.
In collaboration with the Center for Applied Technologies in Education, this manuscript is equipped with an interactive tool enabling the user to view the document’s transcription, providing a 21st Century glimpse of ways students can interact with old documents and manuscripts.
The Karpeles Manuscript Library, the world’s largest private collection of important original documents and manuscripts, provided this document.
In collaboration with the Center for Applied Technologies in Education, this manuscript is equipped with an interactive tool enabling the user to view the document’s transcription, providing a 21st Century glimpse of ways students can interact with old documents and manuscripts.
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