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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution Ends Slavery

The 13th Amendment formally ended slavery in the United States. But there was a loophole that allowed white southerners to resurrect new economic and labor systems. The laws were later known as the Black Codes, which relied on arrest of African-American men.

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