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halfar t1_it944g1 wrote

Completely fucking ridiculous that it needs to be on the ballot, but it's also completely fucking ridiculous that slavery was never properly outlawed federally in the first place.

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TradeInternational99 OP t1_it8s06v wrote

Well you can expect slavery to become illegal.

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halfar t1_it9483t wrote

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.

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Theworldisblessed t1_itajice wrote

Involuntary labor is not uncommon for prisons.

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halfar t1_itajv46 wrote

What is the point of saying that? That slavery is okay because it is common?

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Riaayo t1_iu3ma7e wrote

I think they're just noting that slavery is alive and well in the US prison system, and that people should be aware of it and it should be ended.

At least that's my assumption.

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ToadOnPCP t1_it968t9 wrote

We did that in the 1860s dum dum

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halfar t1_it98xcs wrote

No we didn't.

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ToadOnPCP t1_it992l6 wrote

Whose gonna tell him what the 13th amendment is

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halfar t1_it99ktg wrote

> 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.

this one?

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Maleficent_Rope_7844 t1_itbjaia wrote

The excerpt from Vermont's code is even worse, includes repaying debts I believe. Of course that'd be outlawed at the federal level, but still.

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elporkco t1_it9hysm wrote

Breaking rocks in the hot sun...

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MAC1east t1_it8u6pl wrote

🤡

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