13th Amendment Thesis

The thirteenth Amendment played a major role in American History. President Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 stating that all slaves should be free. It took many years and revisions to pass the amendment that would allow all slaves to be free worldwide. The 13th Amendment declared in section 1 “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, nor any place subject to their jurisdiction.” There were many people that did not like the proposal of the thirteenth Amendment especially the South since slavery was really big in that area. “Even though the 13th amendment did not fully stop slavery and inequality
He also encouraged his friends Granville Sharp and Hanna More to pursue the cause. He later died in 1785, but his death did not stop his movement. His friends continued to have anti-slavery segments widespread, but the Southern states continued to practice slavery. Because the North wanted to end slavery but the South did not it cause a huge rough between the states. There were many states in the south wanted to continue the practice of slavery president Lincoln issued "Proclamation for Amnesty and Reconstruction” which was a 10 percent plan that allowed a Southern State to join the union of abolishing slavery if 10 percent of its voters would oath of the allegiance to the union, however the Southern states declined the offer. Slavery continued over the years, lawmakers continued to present many proposals to reconstruct to have every state on the same
There still was a long road ahead for the freed men and women. With the 13th Amendment it was expected that the freed people would be able to improve their life being able to move freely, earning money to provide for their family to have a decent living. It did not it only made it harder for African Americans. More laws were created anything to bring down a black person. Especially the south since they were against freeing slavery from the beginning. Viewing back on the amendment in the first section it stated “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The question is are African Americans really free? If you were convicted of a crime then the amendment stated that you wad not free and you are once a slave again. The Southern states created more and more laws that they knew was easy for an African American to break.
Southern states would place the prisoners in industries of labor work that would lower the cost for business owners. The states also rented the slaves to companies for them to work. The longer the sentence was for higher the cost the state would charge to rent the slave. This was a profit for the state for convict leasing. Mental abuse, being chained up and also physical abuse the prisoners was living