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.
Section 2.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This is the first of the Reconstruction and civil rights amendments. To some surprise slavery is no where legalized in the constitution. Some ratified this amendment not on the grounds of making everyone equal, but just so that the civil war would end. Lincoln wanted to get this amendment ratified so that there would be no chance of slavery to return after the civil war was over. This amendment abolished slavery, erasing the need for the emancipation proclamation.
This amendment was very important to President Lincoln because he believed that there was a possibility that slavery would return even after the civil war ended. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the U. S.
If you don't see this on every blog you read this week, I will be disappointed. Everything in this video grabs your attention and makes me want to watch the rest of the movie. It really is hard to believe that people were able to treat others like they did during these times, but luckily, because of leaders like Lincoln, times have changed and are still changing today.
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