Day) celebrated in the United States each year on February
1. On this day in 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln) has signed a congressional resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.Resolution of Congress on making the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to abolish slavery, was: "Neither the United States nor in any other place that is subject to their authority, there should be no slavery or forced labor, except penalty for crimes for which the offender shall be duly convicted. "