What was the result of the 13th amendment to the u. s constitution, which was the ratified in 1865?

Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "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

Slavery was officially abolished in all areas of the United States.