Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

–13th Amendment,
Section 1

What did the 13th Amendment give Congress the ability to do?

to make slavery legal
to enforce the end of slavery
to convict slaveholders
to establish the jurisdiction of slavery