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CONGRESSIONAL SERIAL SET Civil Rights |
| Exhibit for the University of Michigan Graduate Library, December 2005 | |
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CONGRESSIONAL SERIAL SET Civil Rights |
| Exhibit for the University of Michigan Graduate Library, December 2005 | |
| Fifty Africans, who were seized against international law by Spain, revolted on the ship Amistad. They themselves were seized by a U.S. brig in 1839 and freed by the Supreme Court in 1841. A document from President Martin Van Buren, dated April 15, 1840, transmits to Congress the correspondence between the Spanish and American governments. Document 366 (26th Congress, 1st session, House Document 185) |  |
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Although the Emancipation Proclamation was effective for the Confederacy on January 1, 1863, slavery was official abolished by the 13th Amendment, ratified on December 6, 1865. The Senate Report on the 13th Amendment appears as Document 1239 (39th Congress, 1st session Senate Miscellaneous Document 1) |