Thirteenth Amendment

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.

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Observed surface forms (5)

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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 23
13th 1
The Fugitive Slave Clause in this section was effectively nullified by the Thirteenth Amendment 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
appliesTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
certificationDate December 18, 1865 ⓘ
citation Thirteenth Amendment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XIII
constitutionalCategory Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form: Civil War and Reconstruction Amendment
constitutionalPosition one of the Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
containsSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enforcedBy Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Peonage Act of 1867 ⓘ
era American Civil War era ⓘ
exceptionClause except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ⓘ
followedBy Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
grantedPowerType power to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
influenced subsequent civil rights legislation in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
keyConcept constitutional prohibition of slavery ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect abolition of involuntary servitude in the United States ⓘ
abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
numberInSeries 13 ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Twelfth Amendment
prohibits involuntary servitude ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
proposalDate January 31, 1865 ⓘ
proposedBy United States Congress ⓘ
ratificationDate December 6, 1865 ⓘ
ratifiedBy required number of U.S. states ⓘ
sectionCount 2 ⓘ
shortDescription Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime. ⓘ
signedEnablingResolutionBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
sponsoredInSenateBy Lyman Trumbull ⓘ
stateOfFirstRatification Illinois ⓘ
subject civil rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
supportedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
textOfSection1 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. ⓘ
textOfSection2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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Peonage Act of 1867 → basedOn → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment → citation → Thirteenth Amendment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XIII
Reconstruction Amendments → consistsOf → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1870 → constitutionalBasis → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Peonage Act of 1867 → enforces → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Black Codes → followedEvent → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1866 → follows → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment → follows → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: The Fugitive Slave Clause in this section was effectively nullified by the Thirteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Emancipation Proclamation → influenced → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
American Civil War → legalOutcome → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Civil Rights Cases (1883) → legalSubject → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
documentary film 13th → namedAfter → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: 13th
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Ava DuVernay → notableWork → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 13th
Dred Scott v. Sandford → overruledBy → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Emancipation Proclamation → relatedTo → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment → relatedTo → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment → relatedTo → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause
United States Constitution → slaveryAbolishedBy → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
documentary film 13th → subject → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: 13th
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fugitive Slave Clause → supersededBy → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Three-Fifths Compromise → supersededBy → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution