Thirteenth Amendment

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	48
Thirteenth Amendment canonical	4
13th	1
The Fugitive Slave Clause in this section was effectively nullified by the Thirteenth Amendment	1
Thirteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause	1
U.S. Const. amend. XIII	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17008 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thirteenth Amendment
Context triple: [United States Constitution, slaveryAbolishedBy, Thirteenth Amendment]

A. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
B. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
C. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
D. Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes the order in which federal officials assume the powers and duties of the presidency if the president and other higher-ranking successors are unable to serve.
E. District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thirteenth Amendment
Target entity description: The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.

A. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
B. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
C. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
D. Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes the order in which federal officials assume the powers and duties of the presidency if the president and other higher-ranking successors are unable to serve.
E. District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
appliesTo	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
certificationDate	December 18, 1865 ⓘ
citation	U.S. Const. amend. XIII ⓘ linked to: Thirteenth Amendment
constitutionalCategory	Civil War and Reconstruction Amendment ⓘ linked to: Reconstruction era
constitutionalPosition	one of the Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
containsSection	Section 1 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enforcedBy	Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ Peonage Act of 1867 ⓘ
era	American Civil War era ⓘ
exceptionClause	except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ⓘ
followedBy	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
grantedPowerType	power to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reconstruction era ⓘ
influenced	subsequent civil rights legislation in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
keyConcept	constitutional prohibition of slavery ⓘ emancipation ⓘ forced labor ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	abolition of involuntary servitude in the United States ⓘ abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
numberInSeries	13 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Twelfth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
prohibits	involuntary servitude ⓘ slavery ⓘ
proposalDate	January 31, 1865 ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
ratificationDate	December 6, 1865 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	required number of U.S. states ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
shortDescription	Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime. ⓘ
signedEnablingResolutionBy	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
sponsoredInSenateBy	Lyman Trumbull ⓘ
stateOfFirstRatification	Illinois ⓘ
subject	civil rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ slavery ⓘ
supportedBy	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
textOfSection1	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. ⓘ
textOfSection2	Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ⓘ

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