13th Amendment Ratified (1865)

Formally abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "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."

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13th Amendment Ratified (1865)

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