the 13th Amendment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows slavery
involuntary servitude
gptkbp:associated_with Lincoln's presidency
freedom and equality
gptkbp:consequences freedom for enslaved people
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:American_Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:historical_significance first constitutional amendment to address slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the 13th Amendment
gptkbp:impact legal foundation for civil rights legislation
gptkbp:influenced subsequent civil rights movements
subsequent amendments to the Constitution
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Civil_War
abolitionist literature
gptkbp:influenced_internationally human rights legislation
gptkbp:inspired modern anti-slavery movements
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of numerous scholarly articles
gptkbp:is_adopted_by January 31, 1865
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:Juneteenth
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:court_cases
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:is_discussed_in gptkb:political_debates
legal textbooks
American history classes
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Democratic_Party_in_the_South
Southern states
gptkbp:is_promoted_by gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:is_recognized_as a landmark in American history
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:oppression
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:legal_issue subsequent labor laws
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
American legal history
American constitutional law
gptkbp:ratified_by gptkb:California
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Alabama
December 6, 1865
required three-fourths of states
states of the United States
gptkbp:recognized_by gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkb:15th_Amendment
gptkbp:resulted_in freedmen's rights
gptkbp:significance abolition of slavery in the United States
gptkbp:text Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Union_victory_at_Appomattox
gptkb:oppression
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4