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by quickthrowman 1270 days ago
> The constitution doesn't consider that slavery but the rest of the world certainly can.

Section 1 of the 13th Amendment explicitly refers to this as slavery:

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_...