13th Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows slavery
involuntary servitude
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:associated_with Emancipation Proclamation
Human rights advocacy
gptkbp:challenges Sharecropping system
gptkbp:community_impact Social change
gptkbp:controversy Interpretation of freedom
gptkbp:court Supreme_Court_rulings
gptkbp:enactedBy Reconstruction Era
State legislatures
December 6, 1865
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Congress
gptkbp:environmental_impact Labor rights
gptkbp:followedBy 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:historical_significance Symbol of freedom and equality.
Abolition_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Post-Civil_War_America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Primary source material
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:impact Led to the end of legal slavery
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_War
Moral arguments against slavery
International abolition movements
Religious groups advocating for abolition
gptkbp:inspiration Abolitionist_Movement
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Senator_Lyman_Trumbull
gptkbp:is_a_celebration_of Juneteenth
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of Scholarly analysis
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:United_States_Constitution
Reconstruction Amendments
American_legal_history
U.S._legal_framework
American_constitutional_law
gptkbp:is_recognized_for gptkb:National_Archives
Civil rights organizations
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:is_used_in Textbooks
Legal cases
gptkbp:legacy Foundation for future civil rights legislation
gptkbp:legal_principle Constitutional interpretation
gptkbp:legalStatus Civil Rights
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkbp:notable_feature Changed the legal status of millions of African Americans
gptkbp:opened Congress_shall_have_power_to_enforce_this_article_by_appropriate_legislation.
Neither_slavery_nor_involuntary_servitude,_except_as_a_punishment_for_crime,_shall_exist_within_the_United_States.
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:precededBy 12th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Social justice movements
gptkbp:taught American_history_classes
gptkbp:training Access_to_education_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:was_marked_by President_Abraham_Lincoln