Xiii | Enmienda

– States that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the U.S., except as a punishment for a crime for which the party has been duly convicted.

: It was the first of the three "Reconstruction Amendments" (13th, 14th, and 15th) adopted after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans. Enmienda XIII

The ( Enmienda XIII ) to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on December 6, 1865 , is the landmark legal provision that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States. Core Provisions The amendment consists of two critical sections: – States that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude