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Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person labouring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion, to which it may constitute slavery.
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18.
In the United States, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime of which one has been convicted. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the latter 2010s, a movement has emerged to repeal the exception clause from both the federal and state constitutions.
Slavery and involuntary servitude were practiced in countries across the world. America fought a Civil War where slavery was at the forefront. But, our United States, after the Civil War, had a ...
Proposition 6 asks California voters to amend the state Constitution to ban involuntary servitude, which would end forced labor in state prisons.
Text of the 13th Amendment. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. [6] It was passed by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 1864, and, after one unsuccessful vote and extensive legislative maneuvering by the Lincoln administration, the House followed suit on January 31, 1865. [7]
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has a similar exception to California for slavery and involuntary servitude as a “punishment for crime” if the person has been “duly convicted.”
In 1864, during the Civil War, an effort to repeal this clause of the Constitution failed. The vote in the House was 69 for repeal and 38 against, which was short of the two-to-one vote required to amend the Constitution. [5] This clause was rendered mostly moot when the Thirteenth Amendment abolished involuntary servitude.