Article: Democrats Push "Abolition Amendment" to Fully Erase Slavery from US Constitution
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Article: Democrats Push "Abolition Amendment" to Fully Erase Slavery from US Constitution
Date
12/03/2020
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Article
Description
National Public Radio presents a 2020 article, written by Brakkton Booker, that describes an amendment to the constitution that would eliminate the "slavery loophole" in the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution--which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except in cases where it is used as punishment for a crime. According to the article, Democrats in Congress proposed the "Abolition Amendment" to ensure that prisoners in United States prisons and jails would be protected against labor exploitation.
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“Article: Democrats Push "Abolition Amendment" to Fully Erase Slavery from US Constitution,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 6, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/992.