Opinion: 13th Amendment has been cited to address what we consider modern forms of slavery, i.e., sex trafficking, bondage or aggravated kidnapping.

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the United States and the state wherein they lived (1868), and the Fifteenth Amendment ...

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, which formally prevented slavery within the United States. While it would take nearly a year before it was ratified, it was a huge step in ...

W ashington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

During Reconstruction, three amendments to the Constitution were made in an effort to establish equality for black Americans. The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865, abolishes slavery or ...

Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. The document has had plenty of amendments over the years, some granting important rights. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

When the States have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution. One or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by Congress…” to the states. Paul G. Summers ...

Opinion: 13th Amendment has been cited to address what we consider modern forms of slavery, i.e., sex trafficking, bondage or aggravated kidnapping.

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress , dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to ...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance ...

[1.] The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. [2.] The transportation or importation into any State,Territory, or possession of the United ...

Two Democratic state representatives are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s ...