13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:law
gptkbp:adoptedBy December 6, 1865
gptkbp:appliesTo all states of the United States
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes punishment for crime
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:14th_Amendment_to_the_U.S._Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
civil rights legislation
subsequent constitutional amendments
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:12th_Amendment_to_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits slavery
involuntary servitude
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:relatedTo Abolition of slavery in the United States
gptkbp:section 2
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.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:supportsLanguage English
gptkbp:yearProposed January 31, 1865
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:14th_Amendment_to_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkb:Abolitionist_movements
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7