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The Passage of the 13th Amendment

Alexander Gardner
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Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, in1863.

In this encore edition of River to River, listen back to host Ben Kieffer's conversation with Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museumdirector Tom Schwartz.  Schwartz explains the story behind the passage of the 13th Amendment which outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River