Thirteenth Amendment

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As Congress ratified the Thirteenth Amendment forbidding slavery in the United States, sometime before the end of 1865, the Kanes cut off Maggie’s meager support altogether.

From Literature

Although the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution formally abolished U.S. slavery, it includes a terrible exception: permitting slavery and involuntary servitude as “punishment for crime,” allowing governments, prisons, and the companies contracting with them to “hire” and exploit incarcerated workers as they see fit.

From Salon

The United States has made momentous strides toward improving protections and conditions for workers since the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in 1865.

From Salon

Considered the first memoir of anyone, black or white, who ever served in the White House, the book appeared in 1865, the same year that the Civil War ended and the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery forever in America, was added to the U.S.

From Literature

The so-called “convict clause,” the legal exception for prison slavery, originated with the Northwest Ordinance, applying to territories claimed northwest of the Ohio River, and was carried forward in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S.

From Salon