13th Amendment, US Constitution

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy December 6, 1865
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes punishment for crime
gptkbp:followedBy 14th Amendment, US Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 13th Amendment, US Constitution
gptkbp:location_in_Constitution Article XIII
gptkbp:number 13
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:12th_Amendment,_US_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits slavery
involuntary servitude
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:repealedBy slavery in the United States
gptkbp:Section_1_text 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.
gptkbp:Section_2_text Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
gptkbp:section_count 2
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:12th_Amendment,_US_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7