EPISODE · Jan 31, 2026 · 1 MIN
January 31 - The End of Slave Labor
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1865. That was the day that the US Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the constitution, abolishing slavery. President Lincoln had already issued the Emancipation Proclamation. But there was worry that the proclamation, an emergency wartime measure, would not stand up in the courts after the war had ended.
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