Permanent historical factsheet

Slavery

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1838–1865Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1838

John Quincy Adams15 February 1838

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House of Representitives

1865

Andrew Johnson6 December 1865

Government / Democratic Party Government

The Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, is passed

Names involved

Andrew JohnsonJohn Quincy Adams

Provenance

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