The part of the Thirteenth Amendment that people, especially African Americans, liked the most was that it resolved the issue of slavery, which shaped American history, at a national level. However, this amendment did not seem to have much impact during its time. A reason for this is that it might have been far too useful, or that the ideas it proposed were ahead of its time. Sure, it made slavery illegal, but it did not provide African Americans any rights after enslavement. The Thirteenth Amendment did not ban people from pressuring others into taking a certain job, nor did it say anything that prohibited the inequality or segregation of people based on race, class, or otherwise. Many argued that the only right Congress had to enforce this amendment was giving slaves protection from previous masters, but nothing more. The U.S. has always interpreted the Thirteenth Amendment more liberally than any other amendment, as proved in Hodges v. United States.