When I think about it, they haven't totally been prevented from enslaving black men. There is a slavery exemption in the Constitution for incarcerated people. "Thirteenth Amendment, Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within t…
When I think about it, they haven't totally been prevented from enslaving black men. There is a slavery exemption in the Constitution for incarcerated people. "Thirteenth Amendment, Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Again, mostly the same states. Per the Wiki: "Most privately run facilities are located in the southern and western portions of the United States and include both state and federal offenders. For example, Pecos, Texas is the site of the largest private prison in the world, the Reeves County Detention Complex, operated by the GEO Group." Here's a partial list of the Fortune 500 companies that use slave labor. There are many others:
When I think about it, they haven't totally been prevented from enslaving black men. There is a slavery exemption in the Constitution for incarcerated people. "Thirteenth Amendment, Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Again, mostly the same states. Per the Wiki: "Most privately run facilities are located in the southern and western portions of the United States and include both state and federal offenders. For example, Pecos, Texas is the site of the largest private prison in the world, the Reeves County Detention Complex, operated by the GEO Group." Here's a partial list of the Fortune 500 companies that use slave labor. There are many others:
Walmart
McDonalds
Compaq
Wendy's
Starbucks
Sprint
Verizon
Avis
Aramark