Slavery was popular in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Southern states, with agricultural economies, relied on the slavery system to ensure the cash crops, such as; cotton, hemp, rice, and tobacco. Slaves were not unknown in the North, but abolition in the North was completed by the 1830's. In 1808, the Congress prohibited the slave trade, not a year later than allowed in the Constitution. A series of compromises, laws, acts, and bills …showed first 75 words of 421 total…

…showed last 75 words of 421 total…have all the rights and privileges as any other citizen. The amendment passed Congress on June 13, 1866. These Amendments changed the way of life in the United States. The 13th Amendment changed society completely by abolishing slavery. The 14th Amendment, along with the Emancipation Proclamation, changed our Government greatly. Both Amendments are result of the North's victory in the Civil War, and without them our country as we know it today would not have been possible.