December 18th: Today in 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment becomes law.

Amendment XIII (the Thirteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution abolished slavery. The article states:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This was a good day for America. Quiz time, when did the last state pass this amendment? It was well after it became law.

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