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The Constitution of the United States · Amend. XIII, § 2

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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United States · 1787 and amendments I–XXVII
National Archives transcriptions of the 1787 parchment and amendments I–XXVII; original wording, including superseded provisions.
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