On April 8, 1864, the 13th amendment was passed. The House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved. The necessary number of states it by December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution provide. Except a punishment for crime where the party has been convicted. It will exist in the United States, And many other places in the world. It will exist for a very long time. It may last forever and will never be resolved. It will last a long time it may never be the same we could of left the africans alone and this could of never happened. Many people were involved in the fight the Gimmick sisters were a important one. They would talk about black rights and freeing the africans.