By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Library of Congress While the majority of the nation ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to end slavery, states such as Delaware, Kentucky, and the Territory of Oklahoma declined to do so. Delaware's General Assembly refused to adopt the Thirteenth Amendment, claiming that it was an unconstitutional expansion of federal authority over […]
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