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dec 6, 1865 - Thirteenth Amendment

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The 13th amendment to the Constitution is ratified, which abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment as a crime. It was part of the Reconstruction Amendments, and ended the disinction between free and slave states.

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dec 6, 1865
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~ 160 years ago