Article 6CG4T Inside the Fight to Close The Infamous 'Slavery Loophole'

Inside the Fight to Close The Infamous 'Slavery Loophole'

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Jessica Washington
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In school, children are taught that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. But that's only half the story. The 13th Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime." That infamous loophole, which is the subject of Ava DuVernay's film 13th, has allowed for the...

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