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Which amendment was passed to continue the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation?

First Amendment

Tenth Amendment

Thirteenth Amendment

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18.

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Thirteenth Amendment

to the United States Constitution

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