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13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery

Slavery was abolished in the United States of America with the approval of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution on December 6, 1865, prohibiting "slavery [and] involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime."


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3 years ago
California African American Museum
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

End of slavery in the United States

rebelling states. In December 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing chattel slavery nationwide. Native American slave

Corwin Amendment

by the state legislatures. It would have shielded slavery within the states from the federal constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference

Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom

The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example,

Reconstruction Amendments

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List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification

Abolitionism

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery

Slavery in the United States

of the 13th Amendment in 1865, the Constitution did not prohibit slavery. Section 9 of Article I forbade the federal government from prohibiting the importation

Abolitionism in the United States

War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United




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