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Thirteenth Amendment--Slavery and Involuntary Servitude ] THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT __________ SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE __________ CONTENTS Page Abolition of Slavery...................................... 1551 Origin and Purpose........................................ 1551 Peonage................................................... 1555 Situations in Which the Amendment Is Inapplicable.........

The thirteenth amendment Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States of America; At the - Second Session, Begun and held at the City of Washington, on Monday, the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. A RESOLUTION Submitting to the legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of ...

The Thirteenth Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, abolished slavery as a legal institution. The Constitution, although never mentioning slavery by name, refers to slaves as such persons in Article I, Section 9 and a person held to service or labor in ...