13th Amendment

The 13th Amendment was passed by Congress January 31, 1865, and was ratified on December 6, 1865.

The amendment states: “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.”

The 13th Amendment is the most important amendment because it abolished slavery in America.

Abolishing slavery improved Americans views on African-Americans

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation but there were several problems with relying on it to end Slavery so they resorted to make it an amendment.

The 13th Amendment is important because it ended slavery in all the states.

While the Emancipation Proclamation is credited for ending slavery it only declared slavery illegal in the ¨rebelling¨ parts of America.

Another reason why it is important is because it ended a moral wrong viewing people as property.

The ratification of the 13th amendment came 8 months after the end of the Civil war.

The 13th Amendment is very important because everyone is treated equal and not seen as property.

The 13th Amendment helped the country become one again with each other after the civil war.

The passing of the 13th Amendment ended the Civil War against the North and the South.

People who wanted to end slavery were called abolitionists because they wanted to "abolish" slavery.

Even though slavery has been abolished for a while African Americans are still being discriminated against to this day.

the northern states were largely against slavery, while the southern states wanted to keep slavery. The southern states had become largely dependent on slaves.

The 13th Amendment was the first step towards equality for African AMericans.

Sources

• historynet.com
• GreatAmericanhistory.com