The 13th Amendment, passed in truly extraordinary circumstances, through extraordinary men, by extraordinary means, secured the political viability of the anti-slavery revolution. People shouldn ...

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 ...

13th Amendment - Abolished Slavery This amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States except for those convicted of a crime. Trump's Bible / Constitution combo doesn't include this one.

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The language from Kentucky's constitution comes from the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which also allows for slavery as punishment for a crime. House Bill 121, a proposed constitution ...