Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

"“Where slavery and involuntary servitude is abolished, with the exception as punishment for a crime. That is the 13th amendment, the movie 13th was published in 2016 which elaborates on enslavement and our justice system. 13th was directed by Ava Duvernay showing Americans how the 13th amendment is abused by our justice system.“Where Duvernay is an African American woman who directed 13th which showed a lot of political interviews and interviews with people that have experienced the…

impact on America in 1863. November 2, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as the President of the United States. He was well known for his height and his tall hat, but he was mostly know for the abolishment of slavery. Many problems led to the freeing of African Americans like, the division of states and the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln issued both the emancipation proclamation and the 13th Amendment, which freed African Americans from slavery. There were still problems after the end of…

The year 1862-1863 proved to be a major year for the history of United States of America. With the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, the status of slavery within the country is hence abolished. Historians argue whether the abolition of slavery is a direct connection to what Lincoln did. Some argue that it was from the pressure of slaves themselves. Allen C. Guelzo argued that Lincoln do help end slavery due to his Enlightenment ideals. He quoted Richard Hofstadter, a person…

used the speech to celebrate himself and his efforts in the war, which was nearly over. He didn’t. Instead he tried to motivate his people to try to rebuild the nation and not focus on who was wrong or who “lost.” In the second paragraph, Lincoln states, “all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it,” and later in that paragraph he also said, “Both parties…

Brooke herbst Lincoln The year was 1865, it was January and about two month after Abraham Lincoln had been reelected as the president of the United states; the Civil war had been going on for 4 years. It was a difficult time to be president, yet Lincoln took it in strides. He was loved by everyone and could have easily taken the fastest less opposed path to peace, but he had other plans. He planned to abolish slavery and end the war. All of the above described about the 16th president 's life…

the Civil War can be credited to multiple sources such as Abraham Lincoln, religious groups, and the slaves themselves. The Civil War, which took place during the years of 1861 to 1865, was a battle between the southern confederate states against the northern union states about whether the nation would remain whole. The main cause of the war was slavery; the issue was that the Union wanted to abolish slavery while the Confederates wanted to preserve slavery. On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln…

Juneteenth is a holiday in Texas that commemorates the celebration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, that General Gordon Granger leading the Union soldiers, arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the end of the war and the freedom of all slaves. This event happened two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation by the president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. There have been several versions of stories to explain the two and half years’…

The abolishing movement started to gain popularity in Northern part of United States under the leadership of Frederick Douglass, who was a free black and some white enthusiasts such as Lloyd Garrison, who started airing his views through a radical newspaper. Another supporter who played part in the abolition of slave trade was…

“Thug”: Modern Slavery in the United States of America Or The USA: Land of the Free and the Home of the Shackled On October 7th 2016, African American female director Ava Duvernay released her new documentary “13th” on Netflix, which discusses the American Constitution’s 13th amendment and its ill-spoken caveat: “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…

In Chapter 2 of Slaves of the State named “Except as Punishment of a Crime”, Dennis Childs expresses how slavery was still continuing even after the thirteenth amendment had passed. Childs has the overarching argument that the thirteenth amendment actually has an exception clause that allows chattel slavery to occur. Evidence of African-Americans being sold as property differently than traditional slavery and the use of the exception clause of the thirteenth amendment is apparent throughout the…