Question

2.) How could the 13th amendment be exploited to keep certain people in slave like conditions?

Answer 1

It could be exploited if someone commited a crime, then the 13th amendment could be exploited to make that person do slave work.

Answer 2

With the passage of the 13th amendment in 1865, slavery was deemed unconstitutional with the exception of slavery as punishment for a crime where of the party should have been duly convicted. This constitutional caveat (loophole) allowed those incarcerated to be forced to work without constitutional rights granted to them.

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