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===Conclusion===
The destruction of slavery ultimately required a constitutional amendment—after a bloody Civil War. The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified after it the Emancipation Proclamation was deemed insufficient a tool to rid the nation of slavery. The need for this amendment implicitly answered in the affirmative that the original compact not only endorsed, but protected slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment began the process of cleansing the nation of its “original sin.” Arguably, it is a process that is ongoing.
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