Thirteenth Amendment
Bondage legally ended
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime.
It was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments following the Civil War.
The exception clause has drawn criticism for enabling prison labor systems that echo the institution it formally ended.
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