>The last slaves in the United States were set free by the thirteenth amendment Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whe

>The last slaves in the United States were set free by the thirteenth amendment 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. Section 2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. You may be surprised to learn that, coincidentally, America has more people in prison than anywhere else.