If u was born on January 31 u would feel a type of way but i kno i feel of way cause if u search "Slavery was abolished in" and it will say January 31, 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 ...