"That on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."�from the emancipation proclamation, 1863 "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."�from the 13th amendment to the united states constitution, 1865.
How do the two documents compare?
1) The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to northern states, but the 13th Amendment applied to the whole nation.
2) The Emancipation Proclamation was a cause of the Civil War, and the 13th Amendment was an effect of it.
3) Both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment were considered military orders issued by President Lincoln.
4) The 13th Amendment finished the work of freeing slaves, which was started by the Emancipation Proclamation.
