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To: Perseverando

Everybody THINKS slavery was ABOLISHED in the US by the 13th Amendment. It wasn’t:

TEXT:

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.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

There’s an ‘except’ in there....................


5 posted on 07/06/2020 10:41:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: Red Badger

How come the Left never tells the story of the 6 slaves that escaped and became millionaires?


7 posted on 07/06/2020 10:43:20 AM PDT by cnsmom
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