Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished	slavery involuntary servitude
gptkbp:adoptedBy	December 6, 1865
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:category	gptkb:1865_in_American_law gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States 1865 in the United States
gptkbp:effect	ended legal slavery in the United States
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress Congressional legislation
gptkbp:excludes	punishment for crime
gptkbp:firstStateToRatify	gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent civil rights legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:lastStateToRatify	gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:locationSigned	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Bailey_v._Alabama gptkb:Jones_v._Alfred_H._Mayer_Co. gptkb:The_Slaughter-House_Cases
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives gptkb:United_States_Senate January 31, 1865
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	gptkb:13_Stat._567
gptkbp:ratificationRequired	three-fourths of the states
gptkbp:ratifiedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:section	2 Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 1: 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:signedBy	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:subject	civil rights slavery involuntary servitude
gptkbp:textBegins	Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime...
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4