Amendment 13
Abolition of slavery
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce these article by appropriate legislation.
December 6, 1865.
This is my favorite amendment, because it's the most obvious. No human is above another human, and the day that slavery was abolished was probably one of the greatest moments in American history.
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