Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
So basically there shall be no slavery within the US, and if there is it will be prosecuted.
T<span>hat it was extremely limited, due to the fact that the
Southern states implemented Jim Crow laws practically immediately after
the Civil War ended.
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However, if a state law affords a person more rights than federal law, the state law is legally presumed to prevail, albeit only within that state. At the same time, if a state imposes more responsibility on its residents than the federal law, the state law<span> prevails.</span>
I was the first explorer to find the shortest sea route to the Far East
