Market in Joliet

Historical marker location:

141 N Bluff St, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is on North Bluff Street north of West Jefferson Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.)

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.