The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution:
A)allowed the government to suspend a writ in times of national crisis.
B)authorized armies to seize food, supplies, and even slaves for use in the war effort.
C)freed all slaves in the United States without compensating their owners.
D)included an announcement that black Americans would be accepted into the U.S. Army and Navy.
E)introduced direct taxation measures.

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime, thereby freeing all slaves without compensating their owners.