Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Details

Instance of

amendment to the United States Constitution

Part of

United States Constitution, Reconstruction Amendments

Has parts

Enforcement Clause

Part of the series

list of amendments to the United States Constitution

Main subject

end of slavery in the United States

applies to jurisdiction

United States

effective date

6 December 1865

facet of

Reconstruction Era

has cause

American Civil War

legislated by

38th United States Congress

prohibits

slavery

ratified by

Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Missouri, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Virginia

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