The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was
unnecessary due to the Emancipation Proclamation
required to limit the Emancipation Proclamation
necessary to abolish slavery nationwide forever
intended to grant citizenship to former slaves
The 13th Amendment was necessary to abolish slavery nationwide forever. The Emancipation Proclamation had only freed slaves in the Confederacy, and had just been during wartime. With the 13th amendment, slavery was gone forever. No exceptions.
