Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Yes, and this opened a handy work-around for states that wanted to continue or add to their "black codes" as described in previous post. Prison labor was and is very much like slavery.
Except in prison.
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Yes, and this opened a handy work-around for states that wanted to continue or add to their "black codes" as described in previous post. Prison labor was and is very much like slavery.