Shiri Bailem on Nostr: Lauren Weinstein Just to be clear: they never got rid of it, they just changed who ...
Lauren Weinstein (npub153r…7kur) Just to be clear: they never got rid of it, they just changed who could own slaves.
"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."
There's a reason prison labor is a thing, and a reason why it's predominantly black people in prison... they literally just changed ownership from individuals to the government owning slaves and renting them out.
"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."
There's a reason prison labor is a thing, and a reason why it's predominantly black people in prison... they literally just changed ownership from individuals to the government owning slaves and renting them out.