jan 31, 1865 - 13th amendment passed
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legal 'end' to slavery | "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." | January = passed by congress, December = ratified
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