Which amendment abolished slavery?

• A. 14th Amendment.
• B. 13th Amendment.
• C. 15th Amendment.
• D. 18th Amendment.

Answer: (B)

Slavery was ended through a constitutional change that directly outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude across the United States. This amendment makes it illegal to hold people as slaves or force them to work, with a narrow exception for punishment of a crime after a lawful conviction. It was ratified in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, cementing emancipation beyond what earlier actions could do alone, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed enslaved people in Confederate areas but didn’t apply nationwide. The other amendments address related issues: one grants citizenship and equal protection under the law; another protects the right to vote regardless of race; and another bans the manufacture and sale of alcohol. So the measure that abolished slavery is the amendment that explicitly outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude.