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.
It was also true that there were some slaves held outside the Confederacy who were not freed by that proclamation. Thus the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted December 6, 1865, finally abolished slavery in all the United States. In the U.S. in 1865 In the British colonies, in 1833.