U.S. Const., Amend. XIII:
"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 power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
No, not in the United States. It had been outlawed since 1867 with the 13 amendment . Slavery still does exist in the world and in many countries.
Slavery was outlawed in the United States by the 13th Amendment, so anyone involved in its passage helped forbid slavery (including the Houses of Congress and the State Legislatures).
The North never had slavery.
The Dred Scott Case completely nullified the Missouri Compromise. It ruled that slavery was protected under the 5th Amendment because slaves were property. The verdict was that slavery could not be outlawed in any territory.
1808
The thirteenth amendment outlawed slavery in the United States.
Slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the US prohibited slavery.
The thirteenth amendment
Thirteenth amendment
outlawed slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolishing slavery took effect 18 December 1865
Emancipation proclamation, then 13th amendment
13th
Slavery is abolished? Alabama represent nigglet!