<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_31#cite_note-8" id="mwaQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwag">[8]</span></a></sup>
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