This Week In Black History December 18-24, 2025 | Atlanta Daily World
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DECEMBER 18 1865—Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution offi­cially abolishing slavery in America. The actual ratification of the Amend­ment had been completed on Dec. 6. Reconstruction began and legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass consid­ered retiring to a farm after urging the nation to insure Black voting rights. But a February 1866 meeting with President … Continued

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DECEMBER 18 1865—Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution offi­cially abolishing slavery in America. The actual ratification of the Amend­ment had been completed on Dec. 6. Reconstruction began and legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass consid­ered retiring to a farm after urging the nation to insure Black voting rights. But a February 1866 meeting with President … Continued

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