Re:The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (1852)
by dragonwriter on Thursday July 05, 2018 @02:17PM
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> America ended all forms of slavery, including indentured servitude, under the 13th amendment after the civil war.
No, it didn't; the 13th Amendment explicitly excluded penal slavery from it's general abolition of slavery, and overt penal slavery continued long after the 13th Amendment, having been radically expanded in its immediate aftermath (and, arguably, penal slavery continues in the U.S. today.)
> Our Founders knew the fight against slavery was coming
They did, which is why several provisions of the Constitution were put into place to protect the institution and stack the deck for the coming fight.
No, it didn't; the 13th Amendment explicitly excluded penal slavery from it's general abolition of slavery, and overt penal slavery continued long after the 13th Amendment, having been radically expanded in its immediate aftermath (and, arguably, penal slavery continues in the U.S. today.)
> Our Founders knew the fight against slavery was coming
They did, which is why several provisions of the Constitution were put into place to protect the institution and stack the deck for the coming fight.