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Article VII: Ratification Article VII made the Constitution take effect once nine states ratified it, and closes with the attestation and signatures of the Convention's delegates. The Preamble: We the People The Constitution's opening sentence names who made it, the six purposes it serves, and the authority by which it binds: the people themselves. The Thirteenth Amendment: The Abolition of Slavery The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, and gave Congress power to enforce it.