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On This Day: Abe Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment Abolishing Slavery
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1:47Now PlayingOn this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment, which formally abolished slavery.
This Amendment, the "Second Founding" of our America's promise, was also known as Freedom Day.
A man born into slavery, Major Richard R. Wright Sr., served as the first President of the HBCU Savannah State University and launched the effort to pin February 1 as Freedom Day.
Wright's lobbying campaign included a national speaking tour during which he would pressure legislators to consider his proposal.
On January 25, 1949, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming February 1 as Freedom Day.
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