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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	36
Thirteenth Amendment canonical	4
13th	1
The Fugitive Slave Clause in this section was effectively nullified by the Thirteenth Amendment	1
Thirteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause	1
U.S. Const. amend. XIII	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 (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Constitution → slaveryAbolishedBy → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ

Thirteenth Amendment → citation → Thirteenth Amendment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XIII

American Civil War → legalOutcome → Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ