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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.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.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments ... Only 16 states had ratified it when the seven-year time limit expired. [9] ... indicates that state ratified amendment, ...
The Thirteenth Amendment (proposed in 1864 and ratified in 1865) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for those duly convicted of a crime. [2] The Fourteenth Amendment (proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868) addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws for all persons.
To produce a firewall against slavery or the potentiality of slavery, the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted and ratified effective on December 6, 1865. After the ratification, the debate was moot.
The Statehood columns provide the year the state either ratified the U.S. Constitution or was admitted to the Union. [15] The date ranges in the Abolition column for Free States indicate when gradual abolition laws were adopted and when slavery finally ended, except for states where slavery was outlawed in a specific year. [16] [17]
The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified by the 27th of the then 36 states, fulfilling the constitutional requirement of ratification by 3/4 of states, on December 6, 1865. [30] Secretary of State William H. Seward announced the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 18, 1865. [30]
Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular civics education guest opinion column about the U.S. Constitution.
Dates the 13 states ratified the Constitution June 21 • Having been ratified by nine of the thirteen states, the Constitution is officially established, and takes effect for those nine states. [54] June 25 • Ratification Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the Constitution (89–79).