Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• A. The 12th Amendment
• B. The 13th Amendment
• C. The 14th Amendment
• D. The 15th Amendment

Answer: (B)

Ending slavery nationwide is achieved by this constitutional change. It outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States and in places under U.S. jurisdiction, with a narrow exception for punishment for crime after conviction. Ratified in 1865, after the Civil War and building on the Emancipation Proclamation, it made the abolition permanent and universal across the country. The other amendments address who is a citizen and guarantees equal protection or voting rights, but none of them themselves abolish slavery.