Sentences with phrase «abolished slavery except»

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

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Slavery was abolished in America and brought to end (except by some muslims who still practice it today) in the world by mostly the efforts of Christians.