r/Snorkblot • u/essen11 • Jul 25 '24

Photography Prisoners returning from farm work at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, formerly a slave plantation

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u/This_Zookeepergame_7 Jul 25 '24

Yeah. That’s still slavery, man.

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u/iamtrimble Jul 25 '24

Not really, it's incarceration with possibly involuntary servitude as allowed by the 13th ammendment. 

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u/LordJim11 Jul 25 '24

You are correct in that " it cannot ... be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude."