African Americans' Forced Labor
Against The Current vol. 147
Thompson, Heather Ann
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/2941
Date Written: 2010-07-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13679
As Americans we are taught that slavery was abolished after the Civil War. A close reading of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution reveals, however, that this was not exactly the case. Although this amendment did outlaw slavery for the majority of American citizens, anyone convicted of a crime could still, quite legally, be kept in a state of bondage without claims on civil liberties and without remuneration for their forced labor.
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