“Often overshadowed by President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth Amendment officially codified the abolition of slavery into United States law in 1865. The first of the Reconstruction Amendments, it outlawed people from being enslaved in the entire United States, with exceptions listed for those convicted of crimes. The Thirteenth Amendment had wide-reaching ramifications in the United States, some of which continue today.”

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https://www.thecollector.com/thirteenth-amendment-usa/