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Historical marker location:

501 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois

( Marker is on East Capitol Avenue west of South 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Looking for Lincoln.

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.