By conferring power on Congress to enforce the prohibition of slavery throughout the United States, the Thirteenth Amendment altered the relationship between the states and the federal government.

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

[1.] The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. [2.] The transportation or importation into any State,Territory, or possession of the United ...

The founder and chief executive of Citadel — whose net worth is estimated at $46 billion, according to Forbes — scooped up a rare, handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment for $13.7 million to ...

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, ... marking the first change to Constitution in 60 years at the time of its ratification ... who passed it for ratification by the states.