Plz Help me?!?! Question 1 ) How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments change the lives of Americans who were formerly enslaved?

Question 2) How did the 13th amendment seek to keep freed slaves from maintaining that freedom?

1)The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime.2)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

Explanation: