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Thirteenth Amendment 

• 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.

  • Amdt13.S1.1 Abolition of Slavery
    • Amdt13.S1.1.1  Origin and Purpose
    • Amdt13.S1.1.2  Peonage
    • Amdt13.S1.1.3  Situations in Which the Amendment is Inapplicable

• Section 2

  Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

  • Amdt13.S2.1   See Thirteenth Amendment, Section 1