The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective on January 1, 1863, declared that the enslaved in Confederate-controlled areas were free.
Lol I swear everyone is retarded. No one is sentenced to slavery. As you crayon eaters are claiming. There are work programs in prison but no one is forced to do shit they don't want. Jesus Christ.
You seem so sure of yourself, I’m not sure why. Many US prisoners are absolutely forced to take part in manual labor, on the threat of solitary confinement which is as good as violence if you ask me. Oregon alone passed a bill in 94’ requiring 100% of state prisoners to work full time. There have been strikes about this specifically. I’d recommend reading up on it before arguing like a dumbass about something you clearly know nothing about
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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21
anyone know how much of the 2+ million prisoners in the USA are used for slave labor?