The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

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THIRTEENTH definition: next after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13. See examples of thirteenth used in a sentence.

Nov 28, 2025 · Thirteenth Amendment, amendment (1865) to the Constitution of the United States that formally abolished slavery.

thirteen adjective thirteen pronoun, plural in construction thirteenth ˌthər (t)-ˈtēn (t)th ˈthər (t)-ˌtēn (t)th adjective or noun

A thirteenth is one of thirteen equal parts of something. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Nov 27, 2025 · thirteenth (plural thirteenths) The person or thing in the thirteenth position. One of thirteen equal parts of a whole. (music) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth. (in …

Euclid discusses them in the thirteenth book of his Elements, where he proves that no more regular bodies are possible, and shows how to inscribe them in a sphere.

Dec 1, 2025 · The 1870 Census was the first decennial count of the nation’s population following the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865, which abolished slavery …

The title refers to the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude, except …