13th Amendment to the United States Constitution

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:law
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:category	gptkb:1865_in_American_law gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:datePassedByCongress	1864-01-31
gptkbp:declaredBy	1865-12-18
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:14th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation	gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:12th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:ratifiedBy	1865-12-06
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:14th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:15th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:section	2
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance	ended legal slavery in the United States
gptkbp:subject	abolition of slavery involuntary servitude
gptkbp: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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
gptkbp:yearProposed	1864-04-08
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5