Reading the posts on this thread got me to thinking about the subject of slavery and of blacks making claims for reparations. Can somebody please inform me as to what piece of legislation or what amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially ended slavery and makes it illegal today. Thanks.
I'm guessing Amendment Thirteen to the Constitution:
Section. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.