The 13th Amendment states that "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." It was ratified on December 6, 1865.
The 13th amendment was a follow-up amendment to The Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. It only applied to the states that were not already under Union control. Lincoln realized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed up by an amendment to completely abolish slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865) From this source I learned what the 13th Amendment had done that the Emancipation Proclamation did not
13th Amendment, History.com. This website confirmed the information I had previously researched. It also provided me with the date it was ratified.
13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution, Primary Documents in American History This website told me what the 13th Amendment stated
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