Adult golden tortoise beetle, Charidotella bicolor (Fabricius). Photograph by Lynette Schimming, bugguide.net. Eggs: The eggs are attached singly to the underside of leaves or on stems, and are white in color. The eggs are oval and flattened.
the 13th amendment was ratifed in December of 1865 freeing all slaves in the united states and its' territories. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 was a powerful move that promised freedom for slaves in the Confederacy as soon as the Union armies reached them, and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army.
During the ensuing decades, the abolitionist movement grew in Northern states, and Congress regulated the expansion of slavery as new states were admitted to the Union. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in 1807 and abolished slavery in the British Empire in 1833. The United States criminalized the international slave trade in 1808 and made slavery unconstitutional in 1865 as a result of the American Civil War.