Thirteenth Amendment - Revision history

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 ==Ratification==
-The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified on December 6, 1865, 309 days after Congress had proposed it [http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am13].  Many Southern states ratified it only because Congress had made ratification an official condition of their [[Reconstruction|readmission to the Union]] after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
+The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified on December 6, 1865, 309 days after Congress had proposed it.<ref>http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am13</ref> Many Southern states ratified it only because Congress had made ratification an official condition of their [[Reconstruction|readmission to the Union]] after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
 New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky ratified this amendment after initially rejecting it.  Kentucky did not ratify this amendment until 1976, in a symbolic gesture.

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−	'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865.	+	'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the [[Senate]] on April 8, 1864, and the [[House of Representatives\|House]] on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865.

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-'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution 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 jurisdiction."''
+'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865.
 In 1863 President Lincoln had issued the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] declaring ''“all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”'' Nonetheless, the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation. Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery.
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 With the adoption of the 13th amendment, the United States found a final constitutional solution to the issue of slavery. The 13th amendment, along with the 14th and 15th, is one of the trio of Civil War amendments that greatly expanded the civil rights of Americans.
-==Text of the 13th Amendment==
+==Ratification==
-'''AMENDMENT XIII'''
+The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified on December 6, 1865, 309 days after Congress had proposed it [http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am13].  Many Southern states ratified it only because Congress had made ratification an official condition of their [[Reconstruction|readmission to the Union]] after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
 New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky ratified this amendment after initially rejecting it.  Kentucky did not ratify this amendment until 1976, in a symbolic gesture.
-Mississippi rejected this amendment and never ratified it, but is bound by it because it had been ratified by three-quarters of the states.
+==Effects==
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		+	Amendments -- [[First Amendment\|1]]-[[Second Amendment\|2]]-[[Third Amendment\|3]]-[[Fourth Amendment\|4]]-[[Fifth Amendment\|5]]-[[Sixth Amendment\|6]]-[[Seventh Amendment\|7]]-[[Eighth Amendment\|8]]-[[Ninth Amendment\|9]]-[[Tenth Amendment\|10]]-[[Eleventh Amendment\|11]]-[[Twelfth Amendment\|12]]-[[Thirteenth Amendment\|13]]-[[Fourteenth Amendment\|14]]-[[Fifteenth Amendment\|15]]-[[Sixteenth Amendment\|16]]-[[Seventeenth Amendment\|17]]-[[Eighteenth Amendment\|18]]-[[Nineteenth Amendment\|19]]-[[Twentieth Amendment\|20]]-[[Twenty-First Amendment\|21]]-[[Twenty-Second Amendment\|22]]-[[Twenty-Third Amendment\|23]]-[[Twenty-Fourth Amendment\|24]]-[[Twenty-Fifth Amendment\|25]]-[[Twenty-Sixth Amendment\|26]]-[[Twenty-Seventh Amendment\|27]]
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	'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution 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 jurisdiction."''		'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution 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 jurisdiction."''

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-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.
+'''Thirteenth Amendment''' to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which formally abolished slavery in the [[United States]], passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution 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 jurisdiction."''
-Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
+In 1863 President Lincoln had issued the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] declaring ''“all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”'' Nonetheless, the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation. Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery.
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+The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the [[American Civil War]] before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress. Although the Senate passed it in April 1864, the House did not. At that point, Lincoln took an active role to ensure passage through congress. He insisted that passage of the 13th amendment be added to the [[Republican Party]] platform for the upcoming Presidential elections. His efforts met with success when the House passed the bill in January 1865 with a vote of 119–56.
-Ratified Dec. 6, 1865.  This was the first amendment passed after the end of the Civil War.  The purpose was to prohibit slavery.
+===Section 2.===
 New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky ratified this amendment after initially rejecting it.  Kentucky did not ratify this amendment until 1976, in a symbolic gesture.
 Mississippi rejected this amendment and never ratified it, but is bound by it because it had been ratified by three-quarters of the states.
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	Mississippi rejected this amendment and never ratified it, but is bound by it because it had been ratified by three-quarters of the states.		Mississippi rejected this amendment and never ratified it, but is bound by it because it had been ratified by three-quarters of the states.

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