United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.

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Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate for the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 3673: 1864-02-09 00:00:00

S. Res. 16 is amended and referred back to the Senate; S. Res. 24 and 25 are received from the Senate; S. Res. 24 is reported back to the Senate.

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S. Res. 24

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JOINT RESOLUTION

To provide for submitting to the several States an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of such Legislatures, shall become a part of the Constitution, to wit:

ARTICLE —–. Everywhere within the limits of the United States, and of each State or Territory thereof, all persons are equal before the law, so that no person can hold another as a slave.

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