PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Are Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude
Are Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude.
Abe Lincoln was the first to address the issue.
This amendment was purposed to end slavery and unpaid forced labor.
18th Century
- Proposed April 8, 1864
- Passed January 31, 1865
- Ratified December 6, 1865
The first instance of slavery was in Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.
This amendment was proposed to end slavery and put and end to the civil war.
It was all agreed on when the civil war was over.
Anybody who owned slaves that didn't let them go was imprisoned.
The actually text of the amendment means no slaves, and no involuntary service labor.
Their has been supreme court cases on this amendment for example, 1851, Strader vs Graham, and 1857, Dred Scott vs Stanford.
This amendment made equal rights for all men no matter of color/race.
It solve the problem of slavery in the U.S.
Abe Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
Yes there was multiple court cases about this amendment.
If I could change the Amendment I wouldn't, I would let it stay exactly the way it was written.