The abolitionist movement has been mostly dormant since the reconstruction era, but seems to be alive again this past year. We need to ensure that these dots a

The abolitionist movement has been mostly dormant since the reconstruction era, but seems to be alive again this past year. We need to ensure that these dots are connected; prisons are not only the moral successor to slavery, but the literal legal framework by which it continues. Strictly speaking, slavery is not against the law in the United States; this carve out in the 13th amendment was seized upon immediately and remains with us today.