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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When they put that huge carve out in the amendment to end slavery that allowed prisoners to be kept in slavery, is it any surprise that former slaves became the largest percentage of the prison population?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

wouldn't suprise me if that was the intention to begin with.

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