slavery on the ballot

Alabama

Success of ‘slavery on the ballot’ measures could help incarcerated pregnant people of color | WFAE 90.7 | #elections | #alabama

Originally published by The 19th During the midterm elections, five states — Alabama, Oregon, Vermont, Louisiana, and Tennessee — put to vote initiatives purported to prohibit the use of slavery and indentured servitude as a punishment for crime, an antiquated allowance given by the 13th Amendment 157 years ago this month that prisons across the country still […]

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