jan 31, 1865 - 13th Amendment

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The 13th Amendment was added to the US Constitution in 1865 and was enforced in all US States abolishing slavery all across the United States in both Union and Confederate lands, except as a punishment for crime. No new technology was used during this event. The outcome of this event was the abolition of slavery in the US and the freeing of millions of people. This affected the Civil War as it gave the war an entirely new meaning: a moral meaning of freeing millions of people from the institution of slavery. The 13th Amendment was important because it abolished slavery in the entire United States, freeing millions, but also keeping it as a punishment for crime, which could be used against African Americans.

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