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Add new Web site: Congress.gov - Thirteenth Amendment. Nov 07, 2026
Article revised. Nov 06, 2026
Article revised. Sep 29, 2026
Add new Web site: Justia U.S. Law - Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- Slavery and Involuntary Servitude. Jul 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Interactive Constitution Essay: The Thirteenth Amendment. Aug 21, 2025
Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - The Thirteenth Amendment. Jun 06, 2025
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Thirteenth Amendment - Abolition of Slavery. Sep 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Seattle University School of Law - Digital Commons - Class as Caste: The Thirteenth Amendment's Applicability to Class-Based Subordination (PDF). Aug 12, 2024
Add new Web site: NCpedia - Thirteenth Amendment. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Thirteenth Amendment. Nov 09, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Missouri-Kensas City - School of Law - The Thirteenth Amendment: The Abolition of Slavery. Aug 11, 2023
Media added. Jun 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Constitution Annotated - Thirteenth Amendment. May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute - Thirteenth Amendment. Apr 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Archives - 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865). Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic Society - The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Jul 11, 2022
Add new Web site: National Museum of African American History and Culture - 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Jul 11, 2022
Article revised. Aug 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Our Documents - 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery. Jul 14, 2016
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Thirteenth Amendment: The Abolishment of Slavery. Jul 14, 2016
Add new Web site: The Gilder Lehrman - Insititute of American History - Ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment, 1866. Jul 14, 2016
Added photograph. Jul 16, 2010
New article added. Apr 14, 2009
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