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The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Thirteenth Amendment, amendment (1865) to the Constitution of the United States that formally abolished slavery. Although the words ‘slavery’ and ‘slave’ are never mentioned in the Constitution, the Thirteenth Amendment abrogated those sections of the Constitution which had tacitly codified the ‘peculiar institution.’.
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Thirteenth Amendment Explained Section 1 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.
Nov 9, 2009 · The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, passed in Congress during the Civil War before being ratified in late 1865.
The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in all places subject to U.S. jurisdiction, except when imposed as punishment for a crime for which a person has been duly convicted. 1. Proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the wake of the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was the first of the three ...
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The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in all places subject to U.S. jurisdiction, except when imposed as punishment for a crime for which a person has been duly convicted. 1. Proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the wake of the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was the first of the three ...
The Fourteenth Amendment makes all born within the United States, including former slaves, citizens of the United States and promises them both “the privileges and immunities of citizens” and “equal protection of the laws.”
