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The 13th Amendment.
Indirectly, it expands the power of government, by charging it with enforcing the provision against slavery.
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The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery. Hoped it helped
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Emancipation Proclamation
the passing of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
An amendment doesn't end. It can be repealed but the 13th has been enforce since it was adopted and remains so.
The 13th Amendment (1865) ended slavery in the United States. There was the exception of those who were tried and convicted - they could be subjected to "involuntary servitude". Additionally, this Amendment gave Congress the power to enforce the end of slavery by creating laws.
They are known to have played a part in Reconstruction and the passing of the three amendments-the 13th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment. They had 'radical' ideas, therefore becoming known as the Radical Republicans.
during his term as President of the United States and by passing the 13th amendment.
No amendment to the US Constitution made slavery legal. I hope you mean "illegal".Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865.History1. 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.2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am13
The 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the United States and its territories.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery.
It ended naturally with the passing of the 13th Amendment in December 1865, banning slavery in every state of the Union.
Amendment 13 states: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. Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The 13th Amendment was outlawing slavery in the United States.