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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.
Text of the 13th Amendment. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. [6] It was passed by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 1864, and, after one unsuccessful vote and extensive legislative maneuvering by the Lincoln administration, the House followed suit on January 31, 1865. [7]
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
This would be the shortest amendment in our Constitution, 13 words: “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.” That is the language of the proposed “Keep ...
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime; Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, established the Indian state of Nagaland; Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which specified that the prohibition on abortion would not ...
Three constitutional amendments, known as the Reconstruction amendments, were adopted. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery was ratified in 1865. The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868, guaranteeing United States citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and granting them federal ...
Last year, city commissioners voted 3-2 to proceed with a belated review of the charter, the city’s version of a constitution, for the first time in 15 years. Exterior shot of Tallahassee City Hall.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution makes involuntary servitude illegal under any U.S. jurisdiction whether at the hands of the government or in the private sphere, except as punishment for a crime: