The United States is the only modern country to this day to provide for slavery, protect the institution in law. And slavery as defined by Dr. Orlando Patterson: the violent, permanent domination of natally alienated and generally dishonest persons.
What the 13th Amendment did was to make a shift from slaves as private property to slaves as public property. There has never been a time in the history of the United States that slavery was not a part of the law of the land. To this day.
Before the civil war, the USConstitution provided for slavery. Up to the 13th amendment private ownership of slaves was protected in the USConstituion, even defining slaves as 3/5ths of a person (But not offering them 3/5ths of the protection of the USConstitution.)
Then there was the Civil War, fought over tariffs, but expanded to include the evil of slavery. Almost no Southern whites owned slaves, but almost all did not want the Federal Government dictating laws to free states. Here is the 13th amendment, dictated to the states.
It gets even better (or worse): The 13th amendment made no provision, nor did any lawmaking body, punishing slaveholding by private individuals. If they wanted to outlaw slavery, why at the time did they write no laws against slavery? It actually occurred in court that people who had slaves after the 13th amendment could escape any sanction since there was no statute punishing slave-holding. The 13th amendment eliminated the protection in law of chattel slavery, private property slaves. No law was passed punishing slave holding.
This is another example of what is criminal and worth going to war over is acceptable once the Government does it. If the "slaves" belong to all of us, then it is acceptable. Ponzi Schemes are no good, unless the government runs them. Snake oil is wrong, unless the government pushes it.
Now, people say, "well, regardless of what the law says, there was no slavery after the civil war." Willful self-delusion! Anyone who believes good can come out of violent effort has not paid attention in life or read history. Slavery was, has been and is actively extent in the USA today.
I've covered Oshinsky's book here. The key point in Oshinsky's book was whereas with private slaves, slaveholders generally protected their investment in the slaves, with State ownership of slaves, the state simple worked these costless slaves to death. Only the state can make the unspeakably bad far worse!
Now that the word is getting out, Regime TV has created a show that embraces, extends and then misinforms. Here is an 1.5 hour long PBS special you should watch, which ultimately defends the continuance of slavery in USA today.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2176766758/
Ho hum, Slavery was alive and well after the civil war, well into WWII according to the program. Whew! All over now. Which of course is nonsense, while you are reading this, there are Americans under slavery today, since our laws allow for it.
Watching this video, you hear "That was then (WWII) this is now, nothing to see here, move along.)" As you watch, note that the program sets a specific World War II date where the practice of slavery ended. But if you were watching the show carefully, and read the 13th amendment for comprehension, then you would understand this point is nonsense.
According to the PBS show, two racist mass murdering slavers were sent to jail during WWII. The fear was that enemy propaganda in WWII might incite USA slaves during WWII to rise up, much as was the fear among slaveholders during our Revolutionary and Civil wars. But note that these two were private owners of slaves, not agents of public ownership of slaves.
Public ownership continues, as did the abuse form WWII on. While the show claims slavery ended, at the same time people of some African heritage were being freed for human sacrifice to make the lives of others better, the state was running mad scientist medical experiments on people of African heritage, without their knowledge, in the Tuskegee experiments. Some of these men, willfully untreated for syphilis, volunteered for active duty on behalf of the United States. The military doctors rejected them for having syphilis, a disease the victims believed they had specifically been cured. After come confusion, it was decided the men would continue in the experiment where their syphilis went untreated, and they would not be allowed in the military. This program went on into the 1970s. (Nobody made any effort to stop it, and the President of the United States has the right to run any experiments and any USA citizens without their permission.) Medical Experiments on prisoners is well documented into the 1970s, where the record strangely goes silent, although there is plenty of weird science, such as AIDS, going on.
In the video, descendants express chagrin to find their recent ancestors behaving badly in regards to slavery. They need not feel guilty, any and all given such power behave the same way. Even me. The trick is to not give anyone that power.
And further, we will all sell our own down the river, just as Joseph's brothers did. Irish sell Irish, African, African. People of African heritage enforced the "back of the bus" Government rules.
Americans of some African heritage cannot understand why they are so hated. It is simple. We hate those we harm. And as the relentless genocide of people of African American heritage expands under the cover of Foreman Obama, the hatred only increases. Those in the commanding heights become murderous in their hatred.
Here again, the only solution is truth commissions. Violence will not fix it. Slavery is not gone from USA, it is just getting more subtle. Student loans cannot be bankrupt, in violation of anti-peonage laws.
We all love a system that works for us. 1 Samuel 8 all over again.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
What the 13th Amendment did was to make a shift from slaves as private property to slaves as public property. There has never been a time in the history of the United States that slavery was not a part of the law of the land. To this day.
Before the civil war, the USConstitution provided for slavery. Up to the 13th amendment private ownership of slaves was protected in the USConstituion, even defining slaves as 3/5ths of a person (But not offering them 3/5ths of the protection of the USConstitution.)
Then there was the Civil War, fought over tariffs, but expanded to include the evil of slavery. Almost no Southern whites owned slaves, but almost all did not want the Federal Government dictating laws to free states. Here is the 13th amendment, dictated to the states.
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.The 13th Amendment uses what words are necessary and sufficient to make clear state slavery was now the law, and private slavery no longer protected in law. The people who wrote the 13th amendment, and those who voted for it, were masters of the English language. Why is all of this ignored today, and the plain meaning not recognized?
It gets even better (or worse): The 13th amendment made no provision, nor did any lawmaking body, punishing slaveholding by private individuals. If they wanted to outlaw slavery, why at the time did they write no laws against slavery? It actually occurred in court that people who had slaves after the 13th amendment could escape any sanction since there was no statute punishing slave-holding. The 13th amendment eliminated the protection in law of chattel slavery, private property slaves. No law was passed punishing slave holding.
This is another example of what is criminal and worth going to war over is acceptable once the Government does it. If the "slaves" belong to all of us, then it is acceptable. Ponzi Schemes are no good, unless the government runs them. Snake oil is wrong, unless the government pushes it.
Now, people say, "well, regardless of what the law says, there was no slavery after the civil war." Willful self-delusion! Anyone who believes good can come out of violent effort has not paid attention in life or read history. Slavery was, has been and is actively extent in the USA today.
I've covered Oshinsky's book here. The key point in Oshinsky's book was whereas with private slaves, slaveholders generally protected their investment in the slaves, with State ownership of slaves, the state simple worked these costless slaves to death. Only the state can make the unspeakably bad far worse!
Now that the word is getting out, Regime TV has created a show that embraces, extends and then misinforms. Here is an 1.5 hour long PBS special you should watch, which ultimately defends the continuance of slavery in USA today.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2176766758/
Ho hum, Slavery was alive and well after the civil war, well into WWII according to the program. Whew! All over now. Which of course is nonsense, while you are reading this, there are Americans under slavery today, since our laws allow for it.
Watching this video, you hear "That was then (WWII) this is now, nothing to see here, move along.)" As you watch, note that the program sets a specific World War II date where the practice of slavery ended. But if you were watching the show carefully, and read the 13th amendment for comprehension, then you would understand this point is nonsense.
According to the PBS show, two racist mass murdering slavers were sent to jail during WWII. The fear was that enemy propaganda in WWII might incite USA slaves during WWII to rise up, much as was the fear among slaveholders during our Revolutionary and Civil wars. But note that these two were private owners of slaves, not agents of public ownership of slaves.
Public ownership continues, as did the abuse form WWII on. While the show claims slavery ended, at the same time people of some African heritage were being freed for human sacrifice to make the lives of others better, the state was running mad scientist medical experiments on people of African heritage, without their knowledge, in the Tuskegee experiments. Some of these men, willfully untreated for syphilis, volunteered for active duty on behalf of the United States. The military doctors rejected them for having syphilis, a disease the victims believed they had specifically been cured. After come confusion, it was decided the men would continue in the experiment where their syphilis went untreated, and they would not be allowed in the military. This program went on into the 1970s. (Nobody made any effort to stop it, and the President of the United States has the right to run any experiments and any USA citizens without their permission.) Medical Experiments on prisoners is well documented into the 1970s, where the record strangely goes silent, although there is plenty of weird science, such as AIDS, going on.
In the video, descendants express chagrin to find their recent ancestors behaving badly in regards to slavery. They need not feel guilty, any and all given such power behave the same way. Even me. The trick is to not give anyone that power.
And further, we will all sell our own down the river, just as Joseph's brothers did. Irish sell Irish, African, African. People of African heritage enforced the "back of the bus" Government rules.
Americans of some African heritage cannot understand why they are so hated. It is simple. We hate those we harm. And as the relentless genocide of people of African American heritage expands under the cover of Foreman Obama, the hatred only increases. Those in the commanding heights become murderous in their hatred.
Here again, the only solution is truth commissions. Violence will not fix it. Slavery is not gone from USA, it is just getting more subtle. Student loans cannot be bankrupt, in violation of anti-peonage laws.
We all love a system that works for us. 1 Samuel 8 all over again.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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http://www.change.org/petitions/challenge-the-13th-amendment
Here is a petition that I found online to hopefully do something about the injustice in this amendment. Everybody should contact their reps in federal and state governments to bring more attention to this.
Thanks for this post, I had no idea, probably like most people, the additional meaning of this amendment.
What makes you think that these truth commissions can't be corrupted or intimidated? What if they have a bias towards more government too?
They cannot be corrupted or intimidated because they have no power. They are voluntary, people either volunteer to be tried, or not. If they are tried, and found guilty, there are no sanctions except that they cannot be punished by the state. Now, they do run the risk of the people they hurt hunting them down and killing them, but in history when the crimes are over often people want to forgive and forget (depending on the crime.)
The oldest and largest organization on earth has worked over 2000 years on this basis. And the Law Merchant works on this basis.
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