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emancaption proclamtion
The 13th amendment to the constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime.
Section 1. 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.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. It was officially adopted on December 18, 1865.
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∙ 9y agoThe thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. It also prohibited involuntary servitude except when used as punishment for a crime.
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∙ 9y agoThe 13th Amendment of the US Constitution freed the slaves. It reinforced the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued on January 1st, 1863.
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∙ 15y agoThe Thirteenth Amendment made illegal both slavery and involuntary servitude.
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∙ 13y agoThe 13th Amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery throughout the United States.
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Did the fourteenth amendment free the slaves?
yes it did
How did Lincoln save the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln saved the slaves by creating the 13th Amendment. This amendment allowed most slaves to become free in 1864.
What year were the slaves free?
December of 1865-the 13th amendment
Were slaves listed as freed in the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves that were owned by people in the South were set free. Not the slaves in the North. The 13th Amendment set all the slaves free.
What year were the slaves set free?
December of 1865-the 13th amendment
When were slaves set free by law?
December 1865 (13th Amendment)
When weree the slaves set free?
December 1865 - the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
What fraction of a free citizen did slaves have prior to the 13 and 14 amendment?
Slaves were considered one-third of a person. Three slaves were the equivalent of one person.
How did slaves become free?
all slaves escape they all ran away, because when the North and South were too busy fighting they ran away up to the North. That is how slaves became free.
Which president freed the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln didn't free the slaves, the 13th amendment freed the slaves.AMENDMENT 13: Slavery Abolished.Actually he did because he signed the bill over to free the slaves, so technically he did free the slavesabraham lincon
Document that freed the slaves?
The 13th Amendment, December 1865. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1863 did not directly free any slaves, except that it licensed Union troops to free any slaves they came across.
Did Moses free Black slaves?
No, the 16th amendment (not emancipation proclamation) freed black slaves, atleast in America. Moses freed the Jews from the Egyptians. Although the Jews were slaves.
