by Gordon Leidner of Great American History. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, abolished slavery as a legal institution.he Thirteenth Amendment, in direct terminology, put an end to this. The amendment states: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Giorgio Napolitano is the President of Italy. He became the 11th President of Italy on May 15, 2006. Italy is a Parliamentary Republic. It has a 'president of the council of ministers' (prime minister - head of government - premier) and a 'president of the republic', both appointed by the parliament. <b>Giorgio Napolitano</b> is the President of Italy.
List of Presidents of Italy. This is the list of the Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Quirinale) in Rome is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. The twelve Presidents came from only six of the twenty Regions: three each from Campania (all born in Naples) and Piedmont, two each from Sardinia (both born in Sassari) and Tuscany, and one each from Liguria and Sicily