Definition of alleged. 1  1 : accused but not proven or convicted an alleged burglar. 2  2 : asserted to be true or to exist an alleged miracle an alleged conspiracy. 3  3 : questionably true or of a specified kind : supposed, so-called bought an alleged antique vase.
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.
The United States abolished slavery in the United States when it ratified the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States prohibits government from denying equal protection of the laws or due process of law to the citizens of the United States. The Fifteenth Amendment ratified in 1870 guaranteed all citizens the right to vote.