In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which introduced the Ten Percent Plan and the Thirteenth Amendment, which officially ended slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865.
In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which introduced the Ten Percent Plan and the Thirteenth Amendment, which officially ended slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865.