Legislative · Federal
Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery
- Direction
- +2 — major benefit to Freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 1865-12-06
Why this rating
The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified December 6, 1865, abolished chattel slavery. Rated +2: the foundational, material, lineage-defining gain — the legal end of the institution from which the freedmen population derives.
Summary
The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified December 6, 1865, abolished chattel slavery. Rated +2: the foundational, material, lineage-defining gain — the legal end of the institution from which the freedmen population derives.
Sources
- 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — National Archives — official record · primary · historical
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