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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by jki275 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:33AM (#34173631)
Slavery is not allowed in the US Constitution. The 13th Amendment specifically abolishes it.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by hjanssen on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:49AM (#34173819)
With a specific exception: "(...) except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted".

So it does still exist - but America only considers criminals for it. From what I've gathered, though, that is still a lot of people.

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by iso1631 on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:40PM (#34189832)
Your link specifically allows it
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