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IcyChard4 t1_iycf7k0 wrote

Pardon for the curiosity, I like to know then...so technically the United States can still own black slaves and have them work on cotton farms like in the past?

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JDGumby t1_iyck6bk wrote

The 13th Amendment's abolishment of slavery contains a HUGE exception for prisoners. There's a reason why most of the USA's prison population is black...

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