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The historical significance of the 13th Amendment is that it ended...

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The historical significance of the 13th Amendment is that it ended slavery in the United States.  From early colonial times until the end of the Civil War, slavery was legal in the United States (and in the colonies before independence).  Not all states allowed slavery, but there was nothing in the Constitution that prevented it and many states allowed it.  The Civil War was fought partly over the issue of whether slavery would continue to...

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