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Is involuntary servitude permitted in the US?

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What is the difference between domestic servitude and involuntary servitude?

the answer is domestic servitude your forced to work involuntary servitude the 13th amendment to the us constitution which outlawed slavery


What does the 13th amendment to the US Constitution forbid?

The 13th Amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude.


What was a consequence of the provision in the Thirteenth Amendment that permitted involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime?

Convict labor could be rented by plantation and business owners.


Which ended slavery and involuntary servitude?

the 13th Amendment


Amendment 13 refers to?

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except that it does permit involuntary servitude as a punishment for convicted criminals. It does not specifically address involuntary servitude in the form of required government service such as a military draft.


What is the exception to the Thirteenth Amendment's abolitionist of involuntary servitude?

The 13th Amendment abolishes slavery with a single exception. It allows involuntary servitude 'as a punishment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted.'


What year did slavery end and become against the law in the us?

The 13th amendment (passed in 1865) prohibited the involuntary servitude (slavery) in the US.


Who did the thirteenth amendment help?

It prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude unless as a punishment when the person is duly convicted and still prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude today.


When can someone be placed under involuntary servitude?

The Thirteenth Amendemnt to the US Constitution provides: "Neither slavery nor involuntary sertivude, except as punishsment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." By inference, convicted criminals may be forced into involuntary servitude.


What is another word for involuntary servitude?

Slavery or forced labor.


What circumstance did not outlaw involuntary servitude?

As punishment for a duly convicted crime


The 13th amendment forbids?

The 13th Amendment (ratified December 6, 1865) essentially reinforced the mandate of the Emancipation Proclamation by prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude.