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The 13th amendment

“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 to their jurisdiction.”

The US has popular sovereignty- just not pure democracy. I’m ending this conversation for the sake of my sanity.



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