The Thirteenth Amendment

"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, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."


The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. To me it is the most important Amendment to the Constitution and has had the biggest affect on the American people. Without this Amendment their could still be slavery in the United States, and I would not want to live in a country that allowed slavery.

This is a picture of a black soldier shaking the hand of a white soldier shortly after the 13th Amendment was adopted. Slavery never should have existed in the first place and this picture shows that all of us are the same on the inside no matter the skin color.

Obama represents how far we have come as a country since the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment. President Barack Obama is the first African American President, and I am sure he will not be the last. When I see him I am hopeful that in the long run our Government will get things right. The process might take a long time, but in the end Congress always seems to make the most moral decisions.