Question

Read the 13th Amendment below. 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. Which of the statements below elucidates the 13th Amendment? If a slave owner claims a slave committed a crime, he can keep him as a slave. A women must be emancipated if she has been tried and convicted of a crime. The amendment guarantees that no man woman or child can legally be enslaved in the United States. Involuntary servitude means forced to work for another person without pay or freedom to leave that work.

Answer 1

the answer is c bc abolishment of slavery happened during the 13th admendment

Answer 2

Answer:

The amendment guarantees that no man woman or child can legally be enslaved in the United States

Explanation:

Indeed, the 13th Amendment makes the exception and allows involuntary servitude were convicted of a crime. But on the contrary of the statement, it is not enough a slave owner to claim a slave committed a crime, it is needed that the person is duly convicted.

But the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the US despite the fact that this phrase caused the creation of vague laws called black codes that caused a prison boom.