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13th amendment?


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The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution officially made slavery illegal in the US. It was enacted after the Civil War and adopted in 1865. Good night, and ChaCha.

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It was not until December 1865, when the 13th Amendment of the Constitution had been passed by the House of Representatives and had been ratified by the required number of states, that slavery was finally abolished everywhere in the United States.

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