On This Day in 1865 . . .
the House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which stated: "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." The vote was 119 to 56. The amendment had come before the House of Representatives before, on June 15, 1864, and was defeated. The vote then was 93 in favor, 65 opposed, and 23 not voting.
"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"...
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