It never left. In the US, the Constitution has an exception that allows slavery for people convicted of crimes. I recently learned this after watching the net

It never left. In the US, the Constitution has an exception that allows slavery for people convicted of crimes. I recently learned this after watching the netflix documentary 13th. As a US citizen I felt a bit ignorant that I didn't know this. Would guess that most people don't. Very insightful film. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(film) Here is the text of that amendment: "ARTICLE XIII. 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" And globally, human trafficking is a huge problem. It is another term for modern day slavery. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-hum...