NuVote Reach

By Jim Allen,Editor, NuVote Reach

Photo Credit: FourStory.org

The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the 10 confederate states, it did not free any slaves in the Border States, nor did it abolish slavery. Because of this, President Abraham Lincoln and other supporters believed that an amendment to the Constitution was needed. Thus, the 13^th Amendment was passed by Congress and later ratified by the States on December 6, 1865.

Look at the exact language of the 13^th Amendment: “Neither SLAVERY nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall existwithin the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

I guess my bold highlighting is leading the witness a bit, but the 13^th Amendment does appear to allow for conditional slavery — that condition being “as a punishment for crime… [having] been duly convicted.”

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