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13th amendment

Seth J. Chandler

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 to their jurisdiction. affects 11

Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 

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