13th Amendment Explained: Slavery & Involuntary Servitude #shorts

Ajouté : 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Is it really?

[00:00:02]The 13th Amendment to the Constitution reads this way. I'm going to read it to you. I'm going to read it to everybody.

[00:00:06]And I agree with this, actually. I'm in I'm in I'm in total agreement with the 13th Amendment on this.

[00:00:10]Here's what it reads.

[00:00:12]I'm going to read it verbatim. Hold up really quick cuz I don't want to I don't want to read it verbatim.

[00:00:17]Verbatim, [snorts] it says, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

[00:00:38]Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

[00:00:42]There is already a caveat within the United States Constitution for involuntary servitude, we'll say, yeah, for punishment of a crime in which you have been duly convicted.