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| The 13th Amendment and the Abolition of Slavery |
13th Amendment
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.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
What an article from ourdocuments.gov said about the 13th Amendment was that it passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 and then ratified on December 6, 1865. The Emancipation Proclamation did not completely eradicate slavery, but the 13th Amendment had done this and made it clear that slavery was no longer a legal option in the United States.
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| Lincoln's Last Warning Political Cartoon Connected to the 13th Amendment |
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