Black History Month - Day 17
Slavery, By Another Name - The History of Convict Leasing & Sharecropping
13th Amendment Loophole!
One of the great victories of the post-Civil War Reconstruction government was the passing of the three Constitutional Amendments that ended slavery (13th), recognized citizenship for blacks (14th) and allowed the right to vote for Black men (15th). Most history books end the discussion of Reconstruction there, and move on.
The st…
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