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Few countries explicitly allow slavery in their constitution...Most countries are capable of realising and admitted bad things, and working on making them impos
by qohen 5y ago
Few countries explicitly allow slavery in their constitution...Most countries are capable of realising and admitted bad things, and working on making them impossible
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution[0] abolished slavery back in 1789:
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.
[0] https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-13/ https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-13/
- sofixa 5y agoThat's an amendment, the original constitution and other legal statutes ( e.g. 3/5 compromise) explicitly allow it and discuss it. Furthermore, did you miss the except part in that 13th amendement? Slavery is still legal in the US, that has to be the only country that is considered developed and still does that.