Article: Prison Labor and the Thirteenth Amendment
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Article: Prison Labor and the Thirteenth Amendment
Date
02/01/2016
Type
Article
Description
The Equal Justice Initiative features a 2016 article, written by an unknown author, that discusses the direct relationship between the 13th amendment--which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except in cases where it is used as punishment for a crime--and the institution of convict leasing utilized by the criminal justice system.
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“Article: Prison Labor and the Thirteenth Amendment,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 6, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/993.