The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

The amendment came out of a furious four-month period between Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861, when Congress also considered more far-reaching compromises ...

As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to abolish enslavement. Juneteenth commemorates the day (June 19th, 1865) Union ...

When the Thirteenth Amendment was proposed in 1864, Abraham Lincoln portrayed it as “a King’s cure for all the evils [of slavery]. It winds the whole thing up.” ...

13th Amendment is least cited of Reconstruction revisions, but its impact is powerful After the Civil War, to produce a firewall against slavery or the potentiality of slavery, the Thirteenth ...

The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution makes an exception to the abolition of slavery in order to permit the use of “involuntary servitude” as punishment for a crime.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution marks its 155th anniversary this week, and Peniel Joseph connects the dots from the amendment’s loophole for those convicted of a criminal offense to the ...

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay talks about her new documentary, 13TH, which explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States. The film's title refers to the 13th Amendment.

Loopholes have preserved slavery for more than 150 years after abolition. Basing the 13th Amendment on an older law enabled states to have different forms of forced work.

The 13th Amendment ban allows one exception, and we see it in our justice system. Approval rating sinks Stop mocking me Get the latest views Submit a column U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life ...