A lawfully elected Senate (within the provisions of Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]) passes and forwards on to the House of Representatives a proposed 13th amendment to the Constitution for the united States abolishing slavery throughout the Union and Confederacy.

       NOTE: Although the proposed amendment purportedly abolishes slavery, it contains a loophole allowing for the enslavement of freedmen in a worse situation—convict labor: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist. …” (emphasis added)

      [restored 4/10/2022]