Loophole
Convict Leasing was just a fancier name for slavery. “While most believe that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, a loophole was opened that resulted in the widespread continuation of slavery in the Southern states of America--slavery as punishment for a crime” (“‘Convict Lease System”’, 4 December 2016). It took the place of slavery by leasing convicts to wealthy families who had them do manual labor. The families treated the convicts worse than slaves because they did not own them so once one of them stops working as hard because of exhaustion or they get sick, they can just give them back and lease another one. The government found this idea to be very profitable because the families leasing the slaves
Convict Leasing was just a fancier name for slavery. “While most believe that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, a loophole was opened that resulted in the widespread continuation of slavery in the Southern states of America--slavery as punishment for a crime” (“‘Convict Lease System”’, 4 December 2016). It took the place of slavery by leasing convicts to wealthy families who had them do manual labor. The families treated the convicts worse than slaves because they did not own them so once one of them stops working as hard because of exhaustion or they get sick, they can just give them back and lease another one. The government found this idea to be very profitable because the families leasing the slaves