Amendment to Abolish Slavery

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows involuntary servitude
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkb:15th_Amendment
gptkbp:associated_with freedom and equality
gptkbp:enacted_by 1865
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historical_context post-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Congressional_Globe
Senate Journal
House Journal
gptkbp:historical_impact American society
social reform movements
global abolitionist movements
modern civil rights movements
gptkbp:historical_significance end of legal slavery in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amendment to Abolish Slavery
gptkbp:impact African American rights
gptkbp:includes neither slavery nor involuntary servitude
gptkbp:influenced international human rights law
gptkbp:influenced_by abolitionist movement
gptkbp:inspired human rights movements
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:Juneteenth
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:13th_Amendment
gptkbp:legacy social justice movements
civil rights advancements
equality under law
gptkbp:legal_issue convict leasing system
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:proposed_by January 31, 1865
gptkbp:ratified_by state legislatures
27 states
December 6, 1865
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:replaces slavery
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Massachusetts_Constitutional_Amendments
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7