Thirteenth Amendment

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 • Dec. 2, 2023

“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 • Feb. 8, 2023

The Thirteenth Amendment, which banned slavery, explicitly excludes incarcerated persons and allows governments to require them to perform labor without compensation.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2022

This was viewed as the core, and these ideas were central to, the abolitionist critique of slavery that helped change the Constitution and led first to the Thirteenth Amendment, and then to the Fourteenth.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2022

In early 1865, Illinois struck down its Black Laws and became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which enshrined in the Constitution the end of slavery.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield