An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
Cite as: Christopher Vizcardo, Mary Nelson, Erica Croft, Edward Goebel, Antony Jackson, Kiana McAllister, Matt Rands, Joseph Stanley, Annabel Harris, Lauren Davis, Elizabeth Green, Louise Navarro-Cann, and Nicholas P. S. Cole, United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2019).
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12 historical records used for this dataset.
15 committees met in 251 sessions. Average 20.916666666666668 sessions each.
Dates from Monday, 07 December 1863 to Wednesday, 01 February 1865.
266 people in 29 voting delegations.
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1246 procedural motions considered.
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144 documents considered with 66 amendments presented.
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1450 number of decisions made.
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