Thirteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery.

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Example Sentences

Although the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution formally abolished U.S. slavery, it includes a terrible exception: permitting slavery and involuntary servitude as “punishment for crime,” allowing governments, prisons, and the companies contracting with them to “hire” and exploit incarcerated workers as they see fit.

From Salon

The United States has made momentous strides toward improving protections and conditions for workers since the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in 1865.

From Salon

Considered the first memoir of anyone, black or white, who ever served in the White House, the book appeared in 1865, the same year that the Civil War ended and the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery forever in America, was added to the U.S.

From Literature

The so-called “convict clause,” the legal exception for prison slavery, originated with the Northwest Ordinance, applying to territories claimed northwest of the Ohio River, and was carried forward in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S.

From Salon

“Of those provisions that might contain some right to access to such services,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote, “the Thirteenth Amendment has received substantial attention among scholars and, briefly, in one federal Court of Appeals decision.”

From Slate