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Excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment (en español)

In Spanish, this reading contains excerpts from the Emanicipation Proclimation and the Thirteenth Amendment.

Last Updated: September 1, 2022

This resource is intended for educators in the United States who are applying Spanish-language resources in the classroom.

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Fragmento tomado de la Proclamación de Emancipación y la Decimotercera Enmienda

Fragmento tomado de la Proclamación de Emancipación:

Que el primer día de enero del año 1863 de nuestro Señor, todas las personas que se tengan esclavas en cualquier Estado o en una parte determinada de un Estado, personas que se han rebelado contra los Estados Unidos serán libres a partir de ahora y para siempre; y el poder ejecutivo de los Estados Unidos, incluidas las autoridades militares y navales del mismo, reconocerán y mantendrán la libertad de tales personas y no ejercerán represión en contra de tales personas ni de ninguna de ellas en sus intentos por alcanzar su libertad real.

La Decimotercera Enmienda:

Sección 1. Ni en los Estados Unidos ni en ningún lugar sujeto a su jurisdicción habrá esclavitud ni trabajo forzado, excepto como castigo de un crimen del que el responsable haya quedado debidamente convicto.

Sección 2. El Congreso tendrá la facultad de hacer cumplir este artículo por medio de leyes apropiadas.

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Students examine documents that shed light on life in the South under the policies of Presidential Reconstruction in 1865 and 1866.

Photo shows a group of six African American men and women posed picking cotton in a field.

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Students learn about the responses to Johnson’s policies by Republicans in Congress and examine the fourteenth amendment that overturned Presidential Reconstruction.

Photo of page 1 of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution

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Students reflect on the revolutionary changes that occurred because of the landmark legislation and amendments passed during the Reconstruction era.

A studio portrait shows African American members of the General Assembly from 1887 to 1888

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Students learn about the debate within the women’s rights movement over the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.

Five black women officers sitting for a portrait

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Students explore some of the limitations of Reconstruction's transformation on US democracy and learn about groups who demanded that the promise of equality be made a reality.

Seated portrait of women's voting rights advocate Susan B. Anthony.

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Students learn about the aftermath of the Civil War and examine primary source documents that provide insight into the difficult task of reuniting the nation.

The ruins of Mills House and nearby buildings, Charleston, South Carolina, at end of American Civil War.

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Students examine President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction and the debate it provoked with Congress while reflecting on deeper issues of healing and justice.

Columbia with black union soldier with amputated leg in ornate Greco-Roman style building

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Students learn about the violent responses to the transformation of US democracy that occurred as a result of Radical Reconstruction.

Black and white photo of the house committee

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Students examine the factors that led many northerners to turn against federal policies passed during the Reconstruction era that protected freedpeople.

A drawn picture of people crowding into the Fourth National Bank

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Students learn about the period of violence in the South from 1873-1876 and examine its role in influencing elections and ending Republican control of Southern state governments.

A picture of one hand holding down another hand on top of a gun and a pile of papers

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Students explore the legacies of the Reconstruction era today, reflect on the idea of democracy as a continuous process, and consider how they can best participate in the ongoing work of strengthening our democracy.

Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue with signs for Black Lives Matter

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Students consider what it means to be free by learning about the choices and aspirations of freedpeople immediately after Emancipation.

Black students standing outside in front of a clapboard school house

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Excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment (en español)

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Fragmento tomado de la Proclamación de Emancipación y la Decimotercera Enmienda

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Excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment (en español)

At a Glance

Language

Asunto

Fragmento tomado de la Proclamación de Emancipación y la Decimotercera Enmienda

Get the Reading

You might also be interested in…

The Union As It Was

Radical Reconstruction and the Birth of Civil Rights

Expanding Democracy

The Struggle over Women’s Rights

Equality for All

The Devastation of War

Healing and Justice

Backlash and the KKK

Shifting Public Opinion

Political Violence and the Overthrow of Reconstruction

The Unfinished Revolution

Enacting Freedom

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