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Video: Experts Explain the Slavery Loophole in the 13th Amendment, Duration: 2m48s
Title
Video: Experts Explain the Slavery Loophole in the 13th Amendment, Duration: 2m48s
Date
07/14/2020
Type
Video
Description
The Public Broadcasting Station presents a 2020 video that describes how the "slavery loophole" in the 13th Amendment--which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except in cases where it is used as punishment for a crime--has racial connotations in line with capitalist ideologies of free labor.
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Publisher
Public Broadcasting Station
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“Video: Experts Explain the Slavery Loophole in the 13th Amendment, Duration: 2m48s,” Project Reconstruction, accessed September 8, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/1020.