2009年11月13日 · On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, is ratified. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment...

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and ...

2022年5月10日 · Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

2009年11月9日 · The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865 in the aftermath of the Civil War, abolished slavery in the United States.

The ratification of the 13th Amendment, the first of the Reconstruction Amendments, was truly the beginning of the end of one our nation's ugliest and saddest eras. Historically, however, it has always been overshadowed by President Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation."

The Amendment attained the threshold for ratification and entry into force on December 6, 1865. Although slavery had already been abolished in most U.S. jurisdictions by the time of ratification, the Thirteenth Amendment freed some slaves in Delaware and Kentucky.

2016年9月8日 · Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides 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 ...

Congress passes the 13th Amendment; 1865 13th Amendment is ratified; Result. Passed by Senate and House, sent to states for ratification

2025年1月31日 · The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution achieved ratification by the states on December 6, 1865. The amendment abolished the practice of slavery in the United States — except as a punishment for a crime — and provided Congress with broad powers to ensure the enforcement of the amendment.

2023年1月31日 · The rise of black codes in the South — which spread as the Thirteenth Amendment was being ratified throughout 1865, and boomed after ratification that December — sought to reestablish a social order as close to slavery as possible while technically complying with federal law.