Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su...
by jfengel on Saturday January 04, 2025 @04:16PM
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Given the for-profit prisons, it comes very close to being the purchase and sale of humans.
It's not full chattel slavery such as was legal before the 13th Amendment, but the word "slavery" has always encompassed definitions short of that, e.g. in ancient Rome.
It's not full chattel slavery such as was legal before the 13th Amendment, but the word "slavery" has always encompassed definitions short of that, e.g. in ancient Rome.