The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution FULL TEXT: duly convicted, exist within the United States, or any place subject to their Congress, Wednesday, February 01, jurisdiction. 1865 Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Section 2, Congress have power to Abraham Lincoln and Congress) enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Congress, Joint Resolution1, February 1, 1865 Schuyler Colfax Speaker of the House of Congress of the United Representatives States. Hamlin Vice President of the United A Resolution; Submitting to the States Legislatures of the several States a and President of the Senate proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Approved, February 1. 1865. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of [ Signed by Lincoln:] America in Congress assembled, Abraham Lincoln thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the Attest: J. W. Forney Secretary Legislatures of the several States as an of the Senate Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by of said Legislatures, shall be Edwd McPherson valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part Clerk of the House of Representatives In of the said Constitution, namely; the Senate, April 8, 1864. ARTICLE XIII. [ Followed by 58 Signatures] In the House of Representatives, January 31, Section 1. Neither Slavery nor involuntary 1865 servitude, except as a punishment for [ Followed by 120 Signatures ] crime; whereof the party shall have been Source: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, February 1, 1865. Transcribed and annotated by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, D.C.: American Memory Project, bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal3/436/4361100/malpage.db&recNum=0, accessed 17 April 2014.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution FULL TEXT: Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865 Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress) Congress, Joint Resolution1, February 1, 1865 Congress of the United States. A Resolution; Submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by of said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely; ARTICLE XIII. Section 1. Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime; whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2, Congress have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Schuyler Colfax Speaker of the House of Representatives Hamlin Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate Approved, February 1. 1865. [ Signed by Lincoln:] Abraham Lincoln Attest: J. W. Forney Secretary of the Senate Edwd McPherson Clerk of the House of Representatives In the Senate, April 8, 1864. [ Followed by 58 Signatures] In the House of Representatives, January 31, 1865 [ Followed by 120 Signatures ] Source: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, February 1, 1865. Transcribed and annotated by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, D.C.: American Memory Project, bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal3/436/4361100/malpage.db&recNum=0, accessed 17 April 2014.
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