Directions: Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question. 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."
Why does this statement include the phrase "or any place subject to their jurisdiction"?
This statement was meant to apply only to states currently in the Union

This statement was meant to apply to any territory controlled by the United States.

The North had just regained control over Confederate states.

Congress wanted control over any matter pertaining to slavery,