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After Slavery was outlawed in the US, southern states were quick to pass laws forbidding black people from changing employers until the growing season was over
by oneoff786 5y ago
After Slavery was outlawed in the US, southern states were quick to pass laws forbidding black people from changing employers until the growing season was over as a way to keep wages low and enact slavery lite.
This is an important right to protect.
- rdtwo 5y ago
- stjohnswarts 5y agoSlavery is over but racism is not. Just look at the new Texas, Georgia, etc voting laws and redistricting which are all meant to discourage people of color from voting. Jim Crow 2.0
- dontcare007 5y agoYeah, how dare those states make voting more secure. My gosh, they even offer better voting than Delaware... Seriously, read the laws, you are just spouting misinformation.
- oneoff786 5y agoRead the studies on the impact those laws have
- backtoyoujim 5y agoSlavery is not over. The US has, like everything else, farmed it out to other nations.