13TH amendmentThe 13th amendment FREED the slaves, the 14th amendment made former slaves US Citizens. So the correct answer would have to be 14th amendment (passed in 1866, ratified in 1868)
make the newly freed slaves citizens.
The 14th amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, granted citizenship to all citizens born or naturalized in the United States. This included recently freed slaves.
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The Thirteenth Amendment - December 1865
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, on December 6, 1865. The 13th Amendment was passed by both Houses, on January 31, 1865, was signed by President Lincoln, and submitted the proposed 13th Amendment to the states on February 1, 1865, and finally, ratified by 3/4 of the states on December 6, 1865.
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, granting freedom to the newly freed slaves.
13TH amendmentThe 13th amendment FREED the slaves, the 14th amendment made former slaves US Citizens. So the correct answer would have to be 14th amendment (passed in 1866, ratified in 1868)
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to
The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, abolished slavery. It was passed by both Houses and signed by President Lincoln on February 1, 1865, and ratified by 3/4 of the states in December 1865.
The year that slavery was abolished was 1865. The thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in December of that year. In essence the slaves were freed with the fall of the Confederate government in April 1865, and the surrender of the last viable rebel army which occurred in May. Also many slaves had been "freed" by the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. However the constitutional amendment made it official and the slave then truly was henceforth and forever free.
the thirteenth amendment
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution freed the slaves.