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Legislative Guide

This Index to the legislative history of the 13th Amendment will serve as a listing of references to the official documents pertaining to every step of the process. 

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Article XIII  -  Guide To The Legislative History
Foreword
Article XIII (Overview)
Legislation By The States (On the Path to Ratification)
New York
Connecticut
Delaware
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
About South Carolina and Virginia (Why These Two States Were Crucial)
South Carolina (The Real Confusion Sets In)
Virginia (Ratification - At Last) 
The State Department (Inaccuracies Maim a Critical Government Function)
Further Legislative History of the Thirteenth Amendment (Overview)
Congress and the Courts (How Article XIII Was Removed)
The Other "13th" Amendments (Later Mis-Numbered Amendments)
Conclusion (Why The Naysayers Were Mistaken)
Acknowledgements
Works Cited

 

Legislative Extracts

Journal of the House of Delegates 1810-1811 *

Saturday, February 2d, 1811

Journal of the Senate 1810-1811 *
Saturday, February 2d, 1811
Monday, February 4th, 1811
Thursday, February 14th, 1811
Journal of the House of Delegates 1811-1812 *
Tuesday, December 3d, 1811
Monday, December 9th, 1811
Saturday, December 21st, 1811
Thursday, January 23d, 1812
Monday, January 27th, 1812
Friday, February 7th, 1812
Wednesday, February 19th, 1812
Journal of the Senate 1811-1812 *
Tuesday, December 3, 1811
Friday, January 24, 1812
Wednesday, February 12, 1812
Journal of the House of Delegates 1812-1813 *
Saturday, February 6th, 1813
Journal of the House of Delegates 1814-1815 *
Saturday, November 26th, 1814
Monday, November 28th, 1814
Monday, December 26th, 1814
Journal of the Senate 1814-1815 *
Friday, January 6, 1815
Journal of the Senate 1815-1816 *
Tuesday, December 5th, 1815
Wednesday, December 6th, 1815
Thursday, December 7th, 1815
Thursday, February 8, 1816
Wednesday, February 14, 1816
Friday, February 16, 1816
Journal of the House of Delegates 1816-1817 *
Tuesday, November 12th, 1816
Journal of the Senate 1817-1818 *
Tuesday, December 2d, 1817
Friday, December 5th, 1817
Wednesday, December 31st, 1817
Saturday, January 4th, 1818
Wednesday, January 7th, 1818
Monday, January 12th, 1818
Wednesday, January 28, 1818
Tuesday, February 24th, 1818
Wednesday, February 25th, 1818
Thursday, February 26th, 1818
Journal of the House of Delegates 1818-1819 *
Monday, March 6, 1819
Wednesday, March 10, 1819
Friday, March 12, 1819
Saturday, March 13, 1819
Notices Printed in the Richmond Enquirer *
January 2, 1819
March 12, 1819
Acts Passed at a General Assembly *
February 24, 1820

Legislative Notes (Suzanne Nevling's Notes on the Legislative Extracts)

Legislative Notes

Glossary

Glossary of Terms

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