The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution required ratification by 27 of the then-36 states: on 6 December 1865, Georgia became the 27th State to ratify the Amendment which abolished slavery. Sadly, President Abraham Lincoln didn't get to witness this monumental event as he was assassinated on 15 April 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.
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