U.S. Constitution, Thirteenth Amendment

Ratified December 18, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in all areas of the United States, freeing 4 million Africans from hundreds of years of bondage. The amendment had initially failed to receive the two-thirds vote necessary ...

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