Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclam
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1865 Reconstruction amendment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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2001-02-09T01:50:41Z
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2024-09-07T17:47:55Z
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