In Chapter 2 of Slaves of the State named “Except as Punishment of a Crime”, Dennis Childs expresses how slavery was still continuing even after the thirteenth amendment had passed. Childs has the overarching argument that the thirteenth amendment actually has an exception clause that allows chattel slavery to occur. Evidence of African-Americans being sold as property differently than traditional slavery and the use of the exception clause of the thirteenth amendment is apparent throughout the chapter.
Slavery was not done because it transformed as a way of punishment. The continued slavery is done through the thirteenth amendment and its exception clause. African-Americans being sold as property still continued. There were advertisements on local newspapers with notices that would appear for public sale. For example, “A …show more content…
This quote is significant because the African-Americans are labeled. The thirteenth amendment states “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” There was a loophole allowing the the continuation of racial capitalist terror. The thirteenth amendment had a loophole so slavery could still continue, which is done by punishment. The banning of black fungibility did not happen because “the national government was busy inaugurating” the sale of blacks and branding them as “felon” and “misdemeanant” which was also known as “convict leasing”. The continued slavery still continued because even the government labeled the African-Americans as felons. Childs writes another piece of evidence showing how a court case can lead to being sold a slave. “The case involved a black man, Ed Rivers, who was arrested...for petty larceny” Rivers did not have the ability to raise $60 and
Slavery was not done because it transformed as a way of punishment. The continued slavery is done through the thirteenth amendment and its exception clause. African-Americans being sold as property still continued. There were advertisements on local newspapers with notices that would appear for public sale. For example, “A …show more content…
This quote is significant because the African-Americans are labeled. The thirteenth amendment states “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” There was a loophole allowing the the continuation of racial capitalist terror. The thirteenth amendment had a loophole so slavery could still continue, which is done by punishment. The banning of black fungibility did not happen because “the national government was busy inaugurating” the sale of blacks and branding them as “felon” and “misdemeanant” which was also known as “convict leasing”. The continued slavery still continued because even the government labeled the African-Americans as felons. Childs writes another piece of evidence showing how a court case can lead to being sold a slave. “The case involved a black man, Ed Rivers, who was arrested...for petty larceny” Rivers did not have the ability to raise $60 and