Section 1. 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 ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

A federal appeals court has revived a civil rights lawsuit which alleges a south Louisiana parish engaged in discriminatory ...

The 13th Amendment prohibited slavery and peonage.

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. National lawmakers are expected on ...

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

The 14th Amendment has been called the cornerstone of civil rights in America, but in reality, it has become something entirely different: - A legal loophole for judicial activism. - A blank check for ...

This year's homecoming celebration carries particular significance, marking 150 years since the founding of the historically ...

Slavery became illegal when the 13th Amendment was adopted in 1865, but Prigg has been most often cited in the decades thereafter, mostly in cases involving property law, as guidance regarding the ...

Practically, yes — there are laws against all forms of slavery across the United States. But when you drill down into the weeds, there are three caveats: • The famous 13th Amendment to the ...