13th Amendment facts
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After watching the movie 'Lincoln' (2009) , a neurobiologist did some extra research and found out that the state of Mississippi had never officially banned slavery. The state then ratified the 13th amendment (which bans slavery) in 2013, 148 years after Abe Lincoln first introduced it.
The state of Mississippi never ratified the 13th amendment to abolish slavery until February 2013.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 46 of the best facts about 13th Amendment I managed to collect.
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After slavery in the United States was outlawed by the 13th Amendment in 1865, the Abolitionist newspaper The Liberator reorganized itself as a general news magazine and is now known as The Nation.
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Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, to abolish slavery.
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Slavery did not end everywhere in the U.S. right when the Civil War did. It took 8 months after the war ended for the 13th Amendment to be ratified. It still needed 3/4 of all states, including states in rebellion, to agree.
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The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution was adopted by the 38th Congress on February 1st. This amendment abolished slavery. It was approved in 1865.
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Mississippi only ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1995, but even that had a snafu. The process was officially completed in 2013, when a citizen realized the error, after watching and being inspired by the film 'Lincoln'.
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Mississippi did not formally ratify the 13th amendment, which banned slavery, until 2013
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Mississippi did not officially ratify the 13th amendment (abolition of slavery) until February 7, 2013.
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The 13th Amendment - which banned slavery in the USA - was technically only ratified by Mississippi 3 years ago, after an Indian man watched a Spielberg movie and found out someone forgot to send it to the US Archivist
What is true about 13th amendment?
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In 1865 slavery was abolished with the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The film "Lincoln" led to Mississippi finally ratifying the 13th Amendment in 2013 - the final state to do so. - source
According to the 13th amendment, slavery in the US isn't prohibited if done 'as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted' - source
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery except in prisons (Penal labor exemption)
The 13th Amendment says 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 - source
Thaddeus Stevens, one of the founders of the Republican Party, was a staunch advocate for public education, was instrumental in passing the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, and nearly impeached Andrew Johnson
13th amendment documentary review.
It's not enough to look at one thing to analyze what is wrong with it, is a key point that may get overlooked (or simply not exactly the focus, but between the lines) in Ava DuVernay's powerful indictment of an entire society. When you look at the systemic issues of racism in this country, slavery is the key thing, and the title refers to the 13th amendment to the constitution (need a cinematic reference point, see Spielberg's Lincoln for more), and how one small line in the amendment referring to how slavery is outlawed except, kinda, sorta, for criminals, is paramount in how black people and bodies have been treated in the 150 years since the end of the Civil War.
What is 13th documentary movie about?
The purpose of the film is to shed light on an inhumane clause in the 13th amendment of the United States constitution. The following statement legalizes slavery through criminalization.
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.
Slavery under the 13th Amendment in the USA is legal if you are convicted of a crime.
The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, passed in 1865 with 100% Republican support but only 23% Democrat support in congress.
