Assertion: amendment | /r/CapableOf | abolish slavery
Facets:
value: throughout the united states
type: LOCATION
value: except as a punishment for crime
type: MANNER
value: formally
type: MANNER
value: in the first section
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: On April 8, 1864, the Senate passed an amendment to abolish slavery.
text: In the first section, the amendment abolishes both slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime resulting from a conviction.
text: Though the amendment formally abolished slavery throughout the United States, factors such as Black Codes, white supremacist violence, and selective enforcement of statutes continued to subject some black Americans to involuntary labor, particularly in the South.