Which statement about the 13th Amendment is correct?

Which statement about the 13th Amendment is correct?

• A. It abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime.
• B. It prohibits the right to free labor
• C. It grants right to bear arms
• D. It ensures free speech

Answer: (A)

Abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, with a narrow exception for punishment for a crime after a valid conviction, is what the 13th Amendment establishes. It ends forced labor in nearly all circumstances, ensuring people cannot be kept in servitude, except when a court sentences them for a crime. This clearly contrasts with statements about bearing arms or free speech, which belong to the 2nd and 1st Amendments, not the 13th. So the statement about abolishing slavery with the criminal-punishment exception is the correct one.

Abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, with a narrow exception for punishment for a crime after a valid conviction, is what the 13th Amendment establishes. It ends forced labor in nearly all circumstances, ensuring people cannot be kept in servitude, except when a court sentences them for a crime. This clearly contrasts with statements about bearing arms or free speech, which belong to the 2nd and 1st Amendments, not the 13th. So the statement about abolishing slavery with the criminal-punishment exception is the correct one.