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Penal Servitude: A Reminder about the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment Exclusion Clause

by Charles Sullivan and Barbara Koeppel

The U.S. Congress banned slavery in America 150 years ago on December 18, 1865 when the 13th Amendment became the law of the land (after a 250-year run).

But it didn’t, at least not entirely. It added an exclusion clause: Slavery would be allowed ...

 

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