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The 13th Amendment, passed in 1865, included a loophole big enough to drive a continent through.

The 13th Amendment, passed in 1865, included a loophole big enough to drive a continent through. | THE 13TH AMENDMENT OF THE USA, PASSED AND RATIFIED IN 1865, LITERALLY ENDORSES SLAVERY "AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME". YOU SHOULD STOP OPPOSING SLAVERY BECAUSE EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS IT IS BAD, SO CONTINUING TO OPPOSE IT IS JUST VIRTUE-SIGNALING, WHICH IS BAD. On Feb 04, 1846, Alabama began leasing prisoners for profit. Under the convict lease system, in Alabama and other former Confederate States, people, usually black people, were arrested for "crimes" such as selling cotton after sunset, changing employers without permission, using abusive language in the presence of a white woman, and even "not given", and sentenced to forced labor in places like coal mines and cotton plantations. | image tagged in npc meme,slavery,history,historical meme,racism | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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[IN CONGRESS]
Representative A: Dang, the southern economy is really bad after we banned slavery…
Representative B: Maybe we just… Bring slavery back!
A: We can’t do that, it’s outlawed by the constitution!!!
B: Well, we could enslave prisoners ‘temporarily’ for serious crimes! The prison system needs a reform anyway.
A: Maybe, we can enslave prisoners ‘temporarily’ for ‘crimes’?
Amazing-Barracuda
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Information about convict leasing can be found in Slavery by Another Name: The Re-enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackmon.

https://archive.org/details/slaverybyanother2008blac

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    THE 13TH AMENDMENT OF THE USA, PASSED AND RATIFIED IN 1865, LITERALLY ENDORSES SLAVERY "AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME". YOU SHOULD STOP OPPOSING SLAVERY BECAUSE EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS IT IS BAD, SO CONTINUING TO OPPOSE IT IS JUST VIRTUE-SIGNALING, WHICH IS BAD. On Feb 04, 1846, Alabama began leasing prisoners for profit. Under the convict lease system, in Alabama and other former Confederate States, people, usually black people, were arrested for "crimes" such as selling cotton after sunset, changing employers without permission, using abusive language in the presence of a white woman, and even "not given", and sentenced to forced labor in places like coal mines and cotton plantations.