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The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery... First African-American admitted to practice before the Supreme Court...
The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery... First African-American admitted to practice before the Supreme Court...
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February 02, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 2, 1865 Inside has great reporting concerning the passage of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery.
The top of a page 4 column has heads: "ABOLITION OF SLAVERY" "Incidents of the Passage of the Constitutional Amendment" "Message of Governor Fenton to the New York Legislature" "Ratification Resolutions Introduced in the Senate and Assembly" "The Amendment Ratified by the Maryland House of Delegates" "Salutes in Honor of the Event" "The Emancipation Question in the Kentucky Legislature".
Relating to this are various subheads including; "Ratification of the Amendment by Maryland" "Our Albany Correspondence" which reports on New York's ratification; similarly: "New York Legislature" with more on this. Also: "Serenade to the Originator of the Amendment" "Rejoicing in Massachusetts."
Page 4 has a great & lengthy editorial headed: "The Constitutional Abolition of Slavery--The Great Measure of the Age".
Additionally, page 5 has another notable report headed: "A Colored Lawyer Admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court" noting in part: "A novel scene was witnessed in the Supreme Court room to-day, J. S. Rock, a colored lawyer...It is a singular commentary on the progress of events that a colored man should be admitted to the bar of a court where, a few years ago, was pronounced the celebrated Dred Scott decision."
Eight pages, minor binding slits at the blank spine, nice condition.
Note: Our item 172862, Harper's Weekly, Feb. 25, 1865, includes a nice print and article on John H. Rock.
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