The most important case that the Thirteenth Amendment was interpreted in was Hodges v. United States in 1906. White workers at a lumber mill were accused of not allowing African Americans to work there because of their race. The Court tried to decide if a conspiracy to bar a person work because of their race violated the Thirteenth Amendment. That proved that the amendment only banned slavery, but did not technically help Africans after enslavement, and it concluded thus. The ruling showed the narrow labor view of the Thirteenth Amendment.