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 ...

A resolution was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday, proposing an amendment to the state ...

Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

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NCAA was filed in 2014, the NCAA has made its argument by relying upon legal precedent to compare college athletes to unpaid prison labor under the 13th Amendment "slavery exception." Yet sports ...

The 13th Amendment prohibited slavery and peonage.

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. National lawmakers are expected on ...

“Wisconsin’s slavery ban shouldn’t come with a loophole,” Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, said, referring to the Thirteenth Amendment and its exception. Even in prison, “slavery is never okay.” Taylor ...