# Thirteenth Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment to the [[Constitution of the United States]] reads as such:

> Section 1
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> 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.
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> Section 2
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> Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment [[abolished slavery in the United States]].