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Amendment 13 refers to?
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except that it does permit involuntary servitude as a punishment for convicted criminals. It does not specifically address involuntary servitude in the form of required government service such as a military draft.
When can someone be placed under involuntary servitude?
The Thirteenth Amendemnt to the US Constitution provides: "Neither slavery nor involuntary sertivude, except as punishsment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." By inference, convicted criminals may be forced into involuntary servitude.
According to the thirteenth amendment who could be forced to work without pay?
Criminals
What made slavery unconstitutional?
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery.Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Did the 13th am amendment abolished the state in the western territory?
You should look it up and read it- it is quite short. It says that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." That means that it made slavery illegal anywhere in the US.
