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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The Senate of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 3560: 1864-04-06 12:00:00

S. Res. 16 is reported from the Committee of the Whole, with amendments, and debated.

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S. Res. 16

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, [[-e866770](two thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following articles[-e866770] be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an[+e866770] amendments[-e866770] 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:][-e866770]

ARTICLE XIII.[+e866770]All persons are equal before [+e866789] [+e866770 -e866789]

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SEC[+e866770 -e866789]. 1.[-e866789] Ne[+e866770]i[+e866770 -e866789]t[+e866770]h[+e866770 -e866789]er[+e866770]w, so that no person can hold anoth[+e866789] s[+e866770 -e866789]Slavery [-e866789]n[+e866770 -e866789]or involunt[-e866789]ary servitude, e[-e866789]xcept slave; and the Congress may make all laws necessary and proper to carry this article into effect everywhere[+e866789]as a punishment for crime, [-e866789]w[+e866770 -e866789]shall not exist in the United States. [-e866789]

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ART. 2. The Co[-e866789]ng[-e866770]reof t[+e866770]ss, w[-e866770]henever[-e866770] p[+e866770]a m[-e866770]ajor[-e866789]i[-e866770]tyd[+e866789] [-e866789]shall have been d[+e866770 -e866789]uly [+e866770]co[+e866770 -e866789]nvi[+e866770]of the mem[-e866770]bers elected[-e866789],[+e866770 -e866789] to each House shall [-e866789]exist within th[+e866770 -e866789]e U[+e866770]ereof[+e866789]nited States[+e866770 -e866789]deem it necessary, may pr[-e866789]opose amendments to the Constitution[-e866770], or any place subject to[+e866770], on the application of the Legislatures of a majority of[-e866770] their jurisdic[+e866770] several States, shall call a conven[-e866770]tion. [+e866770]

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SEC. 2. Congress[+e866770] for proposing amendments, which in either case[-e866770] shall have power to enforce[+e866770]be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution, when ratified by[-e866770] the Leg[-e866770]is article[+e866770]latures or two thirds of the several States, or[-e866770] by appropriate legisl[+e866770]conventions in two thirds thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratific[-e866770]ation may be proposed by Congress[-e866770].

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S. Res. 16 (introduced on 1864-04-06 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e866768) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- S. Res. 16: Committee on the Judiciary Amendment (introduced on 1864-03-28 12:00:00 - IMPORT_FROM - e866675) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion to Report S. Res. 16 as Amended (introduced on 1864-04-06 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e866766) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - S. Res. 16: Committee of the Whole Amendment (introduced on 1864-04-06 12:00:00 - IMPORT_FROM - e866770) [view current proposal at this moment]
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      - Motion to Resume Consideration of S. Res. 16 (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e85284) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e113737) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e866786) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - S. Res. 16: Mr. Sumner's Amendment to the Committee of the Whole Amendment (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e866789) [This amendment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
        
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      - S. Res. 16: Mr. Saulsbury's Amendment to the Committee of the Whole Amendment (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e866796) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e866798) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
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- Motion to Proceed to Executive Business (introduced on 1864-04-07 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e870298) [view current proposal at this moment]
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  - Motion for the Yeas and Nays on the Motion to Proceed to Executive Business (introduced on 1864-04-07 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e870304) [view current proposal at this moment]
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- Motion to Resume Consideration of S. Res. 16 (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e85284) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e113737) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Third Reading of S. Res. 16 (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e849220) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e849221) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion for the Yeas and Nays on S. Res. 16 (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e728416) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e728418) [view current proposal at this moment]
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- None (introduced on 1864-04-08 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e866815) [view current proposal at this moment]

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