Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

work them to death without concern; they were easily and inexpensively replaced. These practices were justified according to the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865) which declared that: "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…

After being reelected President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln had one major goal he wanted to accomplish. He wanted to make sure the emancipation proclamation, a document that granted slaves freedom, would remain intact when he was no longer in the oval office. To ensure their freedom, he needed to pass the Thirteenth Amendment. Passing the Amendment would not be an easy task! Obtaining votes from opposing Democrats would be a challenge. With rumors of the civil war ending…

Imagine a day, where you 're happy and full of life, to one where you 're happy,and full of life, to one where you hate life, as much as you hate yourself. A place when the pigment of your skin, became your enemy. No longer human, but less than an animal. Death was no longer feared, but appreciated. This occurred in the lives of ook the action,far too many African Americans. They were abused physically, mentally, and spiritually. Many of them were bonded by chains, by then white Americans with…

Known as the Reconstruction Era, the United States endured a financial revolution noticeable by; the growth of the industrial wealth, development of big business, large scale agronomy, and the upsurge of national labor unions and industrial struggle. With all this industrial change taking place around the country, the South was still in turmoil. The confusion in the South, arose from the abolition of slavery in 1865. Many former slaves faced an uncertainty in regards to their future in this…

Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States, and abolitionist movement played a huge part in abolishing slavery to its core. Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips were part of this movement; among these abolitionist Frederick Douglass stands out the most because he was born as a slave, he had experienced the slavery, and despite being a slave, taught himself how to read and write. He shares his experience…

Slavery is a major part of U.S. History regardless of the negative reflection it puts on the United States. Slavery divided politicians, as well as states. Slavery was not the reason for the Civil War in the beginning, but it was always a main factor of the war, especially after the Emancipation Proclamation was introduced. In the article, “A Man but Not a Brother: Abraham Lincoln and Racial Equality”, by George M. Fredrickson, writes about Lincoln and his stance on slavery. Fredrickson records…

J.H. Ferguson case the Supreme Court made it legal to separate people due to the color of their skin. It also stated that segregation didn’t break the fourteenth amendment. A few years earlier between 1873 and 1833 the Supreme court made a few decisions that stated separate facilities were legal as long as people were treated equally. In addition to that it was against the law to teach any person of color. “Any white…

Abraham Lincoln’s help in ending slavery was important yet what’s even more important would been his valuing of blacks as humans not merely creatures. Actions are good yet morals, values and your attitude towards some is just as good as well. Lincoln states, “I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negros, nor qualifying them to hold office….; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the Whiteman and black races which I believe…

land of the free. One of the central arguments of the documentary is that the road to massive incarceration in the U.S began with Congress passing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution on January 31st, 1865. This Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, “except as punishment for crime.” Through these five words, the 13th Amendment essentially created a loophole in which slavery could continue after the Civil War through arresting African Americans for minor offenses such as…

make a good life in. A third of of Mexicans want to leave their home country to America, and half of those would do so illegally. 53% of Mexico's population is at the poverty line "A Mexican national can earn six times more working here in the United States than they can in Mexico", Erik Nicholson, npr.org. "Farmworkers’ average annual income is $11,000; for a family it is approximately $16,000.4 This makes farm work the second lowest paid job in the nation (after domestic labor)", -Student…