Activists and lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to take slavery out of the state's constitution. This bill would remove involuntary servitude and slavery as a punishment for a crime.
There’s a glaring loophole in the U.S. 13th Amendment: incarcerated Americans can be slaves of the state. Four states recently amended their constitutions to ban unpaid prison labor but a similar proposal in Florida now isn't moving forward, with lawmakers citing a climate of political fear over race-related issues in the state.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states’ constitutions, The post 2 states move to get “slavery” provisions out of state constitutions appeared first on TheGrio.