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Thirteenth amendment
The thirteenth amendment states that slavery shall not exist within the United States, or any place within their jurisdiction. ... It took America until 1865 to ratify the thirteenth amendment. ... Before the Civil War happened the thirteenth amendment was used to guarantee the legality and perpetuity of slavery in slave states, it was not made to end it (Tripod). ... Plessy took this to court arguing that the separate car act violated the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment. ... It was started in 1787, almost 100 years before the 13th amendment was passed. ... He used his political skills to convince Democrats to support the passage of an antislavery amendment. ... The thirteenth amendment was reestablished there by abolishing slavery in 1865 (Encarta). ... Although the thirteenth amendment had been passed in Southern States many blacks were still working under the harsh conditions that they were before the amendment was passed. ... They thought that there would be no more trouble with slavery now that the thirteenth amendment had been proposed.
Approximate Word count = 2680
Approximate Pages = 10.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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