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13th Amendment to the United States Constitution

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13th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)
United States Congress
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Section 1. 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 work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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