The thirteenth amendment is the amendment that declared the end of slavery
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The Constitution ended slavery in 1865 with the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It was adopted shortly after the end of the Civil War.
It ended slavery in the United States.
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Do you mean is it an amendment to the Constitution? No, it was not an Amendment to the Constitution. The 13th Amendment was passed in 1865, after the Civil War ended to make slavery illegal. The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered early in 1863.
The Thirteenth Amendment was important to the US Constitution because it ended slavery in the United States, making it illegal to hold or own slaves.