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After a quick Google search I think they are:
13th: No slavery except as punishment for crime
14th: Everyone born in the USA is granted citizenship (also for former slaves)
15th: Everyone has the right to vote
Wait, then, slavery is still legal???
Yes, and regularly practiced in US prisons.
Indeed, according to this article (emphasis mine):
It is also worth noting that:
"Prison in-sourcing" has grown in popularity as an alternative to outsourcing work to countries with lower labor costs. A wide variety of companies such as Whole Foods, McDonald's, Target, IBM, Texas Instruments, Boeing, Nordstrom, Intel, Wal-Mart, Victoria's Secret, Aramark, AT&T, BP, Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, Honda, Macy's and Sprint and many more actively participated in prison in-sourcing throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
And that black people are five (5) times as likely to end up in jail.
John Olivier and his staff did a great piece on it.
But isn't slavery the use of people to preform labor? I don't think they do that anymore.
Ten seconds with your search engine of choice would correct what you think.
Forced/coerced un/underpaid labor of prisoners is disgustingly common, depending on the state.
expired
always has been