• Nudding@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’ll also add that slavery never stopped. It’s still alive and well and baked into your constitution.

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      10 months ago

      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.

      Really interesting when you look at the dates of those “it’s illegal to ride a horse on Sunday” laws…