The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution brought a decisive end to ... This was seized upon by radicals as evidence that there was no substantive difference between slavery and ...

One hundred and fifty years ago this month, the Thirteenth Amendment officially was ratified, and with it, slavery finally was abolished in America. The New York World hailed it as “one ...

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

However, since a loophole in the 13th Amendment permits “involuntary servitude” for those convicted of a crime, inmates are ...

Bianca Tylek, founder and executive director of Worth Rises, joins Karen Conti to talk about how inmates are being used to fight wildfires. They also discuss why prison activists say this violates the ...

Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We ...

It is claimed that no Pope condemned slavery until ... This was the most common form in the U.S. before the Thirteenth Amendment. This form of slavery, known as racial slavery, began in large ...

According to HJR1002, the Arkansas Constitution "permits slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime" under Article 2, section 27. The amendment argues that "the Arkansas ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An amendment recently filed ahead of the Arkansas legislative session seeks to fully abolish slavery in the Natural State. HJR1002 was officially filed on Nov.