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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was approved by Congress on January 31, 1865. The amendment would be finally be ratified on December 6, 1865.
Amendment XIII
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 this article by appropriate legislation.