The 13th Amendment Wrote an Excep...

The 13th Amendment Wrote an Exception about Slavery that was Never Removed

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What Comes Next by What Comes Next
S1
Sep 26, 2026
00:29

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The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and wrote an exception into its own text, for anyone convicted of a crime. That clause has never been removed, and as of the 2022 elections more than a dozen state constitutions still carried language permitting forced labor for prisoners. The full story is Episode 3, Part 1 of What Comes Next.

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