dec 6, 1865 - Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

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Thirteenth Amendment formally abolished slavery. It states that slavery is illegal and unconstitutional. Thirteenth Amendment also 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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