> Food for thought: slavery is illegal in the U.S. except if it occurs as part of punishment for a crime! In case anyone reads this and thinks it's just commen

> Food for thought: slavery is illegal in the U.S. except if it occurs as part of punishment for a crime! In case anyone reads this and thinks it's just commentary - this is literally enshrined in the U.S. Constitution (13th Amendment, emphasis added): > 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.