a controversy over the fund developed after the thirteenth amendment was ratified. hovey's will stipulated that if slavery was abolished before the fund's money was exhausted, the remainder was to be channeled to other specified reform movements, including the women's rights movement. despite the fact that the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in 1865, phillips declared that slavery would not truly be abolished until african americans secured the right to vote, and he continued to channel much of the fund's money to that cause.