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."
This amendment is pretty straight forward; it freed the slaves
and eliminated forced or involuntary labor forever except in the cases of labor
of convicted criminals, in military services for those drafted, and for jury
duty. Although the slaves were freed, it
didn't solve a lot of the problems it had caused.
This image shows how important Abraham Lincoln was to the thirteenth amendment and the abolition of slavery. His "New Birth of a Freedom" in the Gettysburg Address was what got the ball rolling on the thought of freedom for everyone.
This image is significant because it shows the importance of treating everyone equal and that not one person is better than another.
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