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[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Slavery was abolished in the US in the year 1865

People in 1864: "Hey bro, you are aware of US Politics, right? You know that the US has always had slaves, right???"

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Also one minor nitpick, slavery is alive and well in the US, it was never abolished. You guys will figure it out some day.

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

True, it's still very much practiced in US prisons. Should've specified "officially" ig.

[-] bamboo@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Prison slavery is very official. It’s carved out as legal in the constitution, and it is pretty out in the open. The main thing is that we use a bunch of euphemisms to make the slavers and beneficiaries feel less bad about themselves, but they don’t hide it.

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