Video: The 13th Amendment, Duration: 3:24

Video: The 13th Amendment, Duration: 3:24

09/06/2015

Video

The Public Broadcasting Station presents a 2015 video that describes the political and social atmospheres of the United States during the Civil War era and the influence that the 13th Amendment--which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except in cases where it is used as punishment for a crime--had on it.

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