By: Kortnie Starr and Haylie Smiles

 It is the 13 th Amendment added to the constitution. It states that no one can be a slave or enslaved. Congress has the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.  It was passed January 31, But was ratified on December 6 th,  We still have this Amendment today.  Abe Lincoln created the 13 th amendment.  Was approved by 27 states in the north and 8 in the south.

 The freed slaves were happy they were free but didn’t know what to do because they knew nothing else but working for white people.  The Northern states and abolitionists were glad that slavery was abolished.  On the other hand the South was angry and lost all there slaves and were losing workers, since they used slaves to help make money they are losing money as well.

 The South created “black codes” which basically allowed laws to be put on blacks. This allowed the South to keep there ex-slaves as workers. Some believed the “black codes” were worse than slavery to begin with.  The “black codes” were from and were created by the ex confederate states in the south. They are related to the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were laws saying no blacks could be in public schools, restraints, bathrooms, and hotels. They were related cause it was laws on blacks and what they can and cant do.

 4 million slaves had to be formed into national life.  4 years of destruction took place, Americans turned there energies to rebuilding their nation.  It took over 100 years for blacks and whites to be treated equally.