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The following is a list of court cases in the United States concerning slavery. See also "Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro," Helen Tunnicliff Catterall ed. (Washington, Carnegie Institute, 1929-1937) 5 vols.
Despite the setback in Louisiana, Max Parthas, campaigns coordinator for the Abolish Slavery National Network, called Tuesday's vote on anti-slavery measures historic.
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In 1865, the United States ratified the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which banned slavery and involuntary servitude "except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted", [33] providing a legal basis for slavery, now referred to as penal labor, to continue in the country. [34]
Case Docket no. Question(s) presented Certiorari granted Oral argument Barrett v. United States: 24-5774: Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and§ 924(j), a question that divides seven circuits but about which the Solicitor General and Petitioner agree.
Bushrod Washington placed a runaway slave ad in the Alexandria Gazette of April 4, 1821, seeking the return of Fielding, reward $10. This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices who owned slaves at any point in their lives.
More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced ...