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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.
English: Map showing the order in which states ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. All 36 states in existence when the House and Senate brought the Amendment to the states for ratification eventually ratified the Amendment, although Delaware, Kentucky, and Mississippi's post-enactment ratifications were not made until the 20th century.
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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.
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.
In the United States, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime of which one has been convicted. [1] [2] In the latter 2010s, a movement has emerged to repeal the exception clause from both the federal and state constitutions.
As a Senator, Henderson is most noted for co-authoring the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibited the practice of slavery except as punishment for crime. After leaving the Senate, Henderson also served as the first special prosecutor in United States history, investigating the Whiskey Ring until he was fired by ...