On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
In that instrument we have laid down the law, now and forever, that there shall be no slavery or involuntary servitude in this republic, except for crime.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “In that instrument we have laid down the law, now and forever, that there shall be no slavery or involuntary servitude…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the Thirteenth Amendment's legal abolition of slavery in the United States.
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