Thirteenth Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits chattel slavery but allows slavery as a punishment for crimes. Approved in 1865, the amendment reads:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime ...

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