Question

What was the main point of the Thirteenth Amendment?

Answer 1

Thirteenth Amendent summary: The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments adopted in the five years following the American Civil War. The 13th Amendment, passed by Congress January 31, 1865, and ratified December 6, 1865, states: 1.

Answer 2

Amendment Thirteenth to the Constitution of the United States was passed on 8th April 1864, by the Senate and on 31st January 1865 by the House. This amendment eliminated slavery and involuntary confinement, except as a penalty for a felony. The significance of the amendment can be seen in the fact that it produced a legal amendment that outlawed slavery in ALL the States of America.