via foxcarolina.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats in the House and Senate are to introduce a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment’s ban on chattel enslavement.
The move would expressly prohibit the use of involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.
The original amendment has permitted exploitation of labor
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