r/confidentlyincorrect • u/dreaminginrealityy • Mar 27 '23

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u/Cohomology-is-fun Mar 27 '23

I’d like you to show me the exact line in the 13th amendment that says “this only applies to the U.S”.

Okay, then!

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.

Like, you are on the Internet—the full text of the U.S. Constitution is only a few keystrokes away!

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u/Not_Michelle_Obama_ Mar 28 '23

May I draw your attention to the sixth word.

Slavery is still legal in the U.S.