What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

to grant African Americans the right to vote

to end slavery

to prohibit discrimination against African Americans

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The purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment was to end slavery. Ratified in 1865, it abolished involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, thereby formally ending the institution of slavery in the United States.

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