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Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The Thirteenth Amendment is one of the most important acts in the legal history of the United States. It is often said that the amendment abolished slavery. But its legacy is more complicated than that. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery except as a form of punishment. Southerners seized on this loophole. They unjustly arrested thousands of Black people. Black convicts were forced to do...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J325.2609 HAR

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