Question

Why did it take even more time to pass amendment 13 which was approved two years after the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 1

It took a long time because the 12th amendment was to get rid of slavery and white southern colonist thought it ruin their land

Answer 2

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery in America, and was ratified on December 6, 1865, after the conclusion of the American Civil War. The amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”