who created the 13th amendment
Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.Library of Congress Web Site | External Web Sites | Selected Bibliography.Digital Collections.A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation.he 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that 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..