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The context of slavery in the 13th amendment was the recent slavery in America. Could you not basically do what you wanted medically with a slave in the early
by notch656c 4y ago
The context of slavery in the 13th amendment was the recent slavery in America. Could you not basically do what you wanted medically with a slave in the early 19th century? Forcing birth seems to fit within the limits of slavery.
- SamReidHughes 4y agoThe 13th amendment doesn't expand the right of the state to abuse prisoners.
- krainboltgreene 4y agoExpand? No, retain? Yes, unless you've decided slavery isn't abuse.
- jjk166 4y agoActually there were limited restrictions on what could be done to slaves, but that's irrelevant since the 13th ammendment doesn't make prisoners slaves, it merely doesn't make involuntary labor as part of a punishment illegal.