On this date in 1865

[Bull Snipe]

The XIII Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is ratified.

Amendment XIII

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.

[stylin19a]

reads funny, like slavery is still legal

[DiogenesLamp]

On this date in 1865

Occupation forces take steps to insure their political control over the region. Patriots are denied the voting franchise while their former servants are handed authority to insure the party of the occupation forces continues to maintain it's grip on the region. Efforts are made to secure spoils and valuables to enrich the armies of the aggressors, as well as their political masters and controllers.

Thus begins a time of great suffering and starvation from which nearly 2 million of the occupied people will not survive. Swarms of officials are sent to oversee the exploitation of this newly conquered area while propaganda agents busily paint the activity as altruistic and in the best interest of the people.

[AlaskaErik]

And how many Democrats voted for this amendment? I believe it was zero.

[Bull Snipe]

losing a war can be hell.

[ReformedBeckite]

Well it didn't take long for the lost cause folks to show up.

[higgmeister]

I knew this would get us started again. All I inherited was my GF’s broken and smashed pocket watch. My oldest brother got my GM’s 25 cal. pistol that she carried into the fields for protection. My great grandfather was sergeant, then brevet captain in the Alabama infantry. His family became sharecroppers picking cotton.

[DiogenesLamp]

losing a war can be hell.

So can being robbed, which in this case is pretty much what happened.

[DiogenesLamp]

The “Lost Cause” was federalism. It only lasted for “four score and seven years.”

[DiogenesLamp]

I knew this would get us started again. All I inherited was my GF’s broken and smashed pocket watch. My oldest brother got my GM’s 25 cal. pistol that she carried into the fields for protection. My great grandfather was sergeant, then brevet captain in the Alabama infantry. His family became sharecroppers picking cotton.

People of today have only heard one side of the story. All the ugly truths about what was done and why have been covered up. New York won that war. It still controls the rest of the nation to this day.

[Georgia Girl 2]

One of my grandfather’s relatives rode with McNeill’s raiders when they crossed the Potomac and captured General Crook. I have the Whitney Dragoon sidearm which he supposedly took off General Crook.

[Georgia Girl 2]

In other news, Sherman is still burning in Hell. :-)

[DoodleDawg]

And how many Democrats voted for this amendment? I believe it was zero.

In the House? Four Democrats voted for it in June 1864 when it failed. Sixteen voted for it in January 1865 when it finally passed. In the Senate one Democrat voted for it, six voted against, and three abstained when it was approved in April 1864.

[higgmeister]

Sherman is still burning in Hell. :-)

Well, he did start the fire himself.

[SunkenCiv]

here's the FR topics on amendments I posted in 2009, for the GGG list:

1. the 1st Amendment
2. the 2nd Amendment
3. the 3rd Amendment
4. the 4th Amendment
5. the 5th Amendment
6. the 6th Amendment
7. the 7th Amendment
8. the 8th Amendment
9. the 9th Amendment
10. the 10th Amendment
11. the 11th Amendment
12. the 12th Amendment
13. the 13th Amendment
14. the 14th Amendment
15. the 15th Amendment
16. the 16th Amendment
17. the 17th Amendment
18. the 18th Amendment
19. the 19th Amendment
20. the 20th Amendment
21. the 21st Amendment
22. the 22nd Amendment
23. the 23rd Amendment
24. the 24th Amendment
25. the 25th Amendment
26. the 26th Amendment
27. the 27th Amendment