The abolition of slavery

December 9, 2015

Commemorating 150 years since the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

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The abolition of slavery

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared, "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."


 

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