Thomas A. Dorsey

Historical marker location:

7921 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is on South Indiana Avenue north of East 80th Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1999

Chicago Tribute.

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.