> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 evergreen</em></s> #### [[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 ### <hr class="footnote"/> **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]]