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Essay / The importance of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and... freedom for all who lived within. the borders of our country. These ideas of equality would extend to the entire population, including, but not limited to, slaves and their descendants and all American citizens. These amendments were particularly important to African Americans and minorities who were the primary victims of slavery and inequality during the periods in which these amendments were ratified. These amendments changed the way America operated as a country, moving from politics to human rights and equality to granting freedom to former slaves and preventing discrimination by all citizens of the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted by Congress on January 31. , 1865 and ratified by the States on December 6, 1865, it declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime of which the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or in any other place subject to their jurisdiction. » This amendment was the first of three of what are historically known as the Reconstruction amendments after the American Civil War. One of the major aspects of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment was the creation of a constitutional law against slavery prohibiting the practice in all American states. There is a common misperception that the Emancipation Proclamation given by President Abraham Lincoln actually abolished slavery. This is not the case, it only proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion and was not actually a...... middle of paper......-156. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/847138101?accountid=10435Toledano, E. (2012). SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ITS PLACE IN “POST-RACIAL” AMERICA. Emory Law Journal, 61(2), 389-434. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1009293075?accountid=10435Tsesis, A. (2009). Interpretation of the Thirteenth Amendment. Rochester: Social Science Research Network. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1448852Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson issues statement on the anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment. (2013). (). Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1284133476?accountid=10435Calabresi, SG and Rickert, JT (2011). Originalism and sexual discrimination. Texas Law Review, 90(1), 1-101. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/916011616?accountid=10435
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