When is National Freedom Day?

Freedom from slavery is commemorated on National Freedom Day, which is also observed on February 1st. The United States also acknowledges that America is a symbol of liberty. The day honors Abraham Lincoln's signing of a joint House and Senate resolution that later became the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln signed the Amendment outlawing slavery. 1865. 1860. It was not approved by the states, however, until later this year, 1865.

"Neither slavery nor compulsory servitude, except as a punishment for offences whereof the party's members will have been duly convicted, will exist within the United States or any other place subject to their jurisdiction." 13th Amendment

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• Reflections on the freedoms found in the United States
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