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The very amendment you've been quoting explicitly calls it slavery. What would this system look like if slavery wasn't excused for incarceration?
by jmholla 2y ago
The very amendment you've been quoting explicitly calls it slavery.
What would this system look like if slavery wasn't excused for incarceration?
- SoftTalker 2y agoThey call it "involuntary servitude." I read it as: 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 ...
- jmholla 2y agoIt's a distinction without a difference. Even the Wikipedia article explicitly says that involuntary servitude and involuntary slavery are used interchangeably. [0] I feel you're getting caught up in word choice instead of arguing the actual implementation and interpretation of the law. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_servitude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_servitude