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#### [[The last American slave wasn't freed till 1942]]
[[Most rights were denied to Americans at its founding]] is already hard for many to swallow, but most would be even more aghast to learn that chattel slavery did not end at the Emancipation Proclamation, the [[13th Amendment]], or even Juneteenth.
Slavery was made illegal in the [[13th Amendment]],
but in practice [[black codes]], [[convict leasing]], and [[debt peonage]] continued to enslave black people long into the 20th century.
This is
explained by:: [[Slavery became much cheaper after the Civil War]]
#TO/DO/FIND newspaper article about Alfred Irving
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**Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING
*edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[convict leasing]], [[history]]
#### References
![[video - The Part of History You've always skipped neoslavery#Involuntary Servitude]]