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The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System (slrpnk.net)
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean, yes. The constitution explicitly carves out one exception to the “no slavery” rule. People who proudly proclaim America was the “first country to abolish slavery” don’t even realize America didn’t abolish slavery. So even if they were right, they’d still be wrong.