An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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H. R. 14, H. R. 21, H. R. 22, H. R. 24, and H. Res 9 are all received from the House.
H. Res 9
Joint Resolution
submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States.
Be it 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 said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said constitution, namely:
Article XIII
Section 1. Slavery, being incompatible with a free government, is forever prohibited in the United States; and involuntary servitude shall be permitted only as a punishment for crime.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce the foregoing section of this article by appropriate legislation.