Slavery, involuntary servitude rejected by 4 states’ voters | #elections | #alabama
Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In […]
Read MoreSuccess 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 […]
Read MoreSlavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in the expansion of slavery before the Civil War. Dating back to the 1830s, the labor of enslaved Black people helped […]
Read MoreSlavery, involuntary servitude rejected by 4 states’ voters | #elections | #alabama
Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In […]
Read MoreVoters in five states have the chance to wipe slavery and indentured servitude off the books | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Washington CNN — When slavery was outlawed in the US in 1865, the 13th Amendment included one exception. “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 to their jurisdiction,” the amendment reads. The penalty […]
Read MoreSlavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states | #elections | #alabama
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes. None of the proposals would force immediate changes inside […]
Read MoreGlitter Magazine | November Brings New Opportunities for Five States to Outlaw Slavery | #elections | #alabama
vesperstock/ Shutterstock In November, voters in five states have the power to remove language that allows involuntary servitude and slavery as punishment for a crime or debt from their state constitutions.
Read More11 Themes to 2022’s Ballot Measures | #elections | #alabama
Ballot measures related to abortion, marijuana, and slavery are among a diverse array of issues voters in 37 states will see at the polls this fall. Taxes, infrastructure bonds, crime, minimum wage, elections, and the structure of state government are also among common themes on Nov. 8 ballots nationwide. An expected flurry of measures related […]
Read MoreWhat Year Is It? Five States have Slavery on the Ballot | #elections | #alabama
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Photo: Castelski (Shutterstock) During the November midterm elections, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will have to vote whether or not to fully abolish slavery, according to Yahoo! News. Now, we’re obviously not talking about whips and chains. We’re talking about that sly loophole in the 13th Amendment that subjects those convicted of a crime […]
Read MoreVincent, Alabama, Moves to Fire Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John Goss for Slavery Joke | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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The City Council of Vincent, Alabama, has voted to fire its police chief and assistant chief and ultimately disband the three-person department amid an uproar over a vile joke about slavery. Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John Goss were initially suspended after Goss was accused of sending the racist text message, but now […]
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