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slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
13th Amendment, Section 1:
“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.”
countrypunk@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I’d argue that it doesn’t limit it. The current incarcerated population in the US is 1.3 million. At the very peak of American slavery, the enslaved population was 4.4 million, which is a LOT of people, but you do have to take into consideration that the enslavers were financially responsible for providing food, water, and shelter to their slaves. Now the US taxpayer covers all of that and corporations can profit harder.