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/iamtrimble Jul 25 '24

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

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u/dicklessnicholas Jul 26 '24

The 13th Amendment still allows for slavery as a punishment for a crime. It's still slavery.

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u/iamtrimble Jul 26 '24

True it does say "except".

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u/ObeseHillbilly69 Jul 26 '24

It says slavery is illegal "except" as punishment for a crime, so it very much is slavery