Ohio constitution allows slavery as punishment for crime, lawmakers working to amend it
ABC4 News – Ohio | June 8, 2023
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Ohio lawmakers want to abolish slavery as punishment for crimes
CNN | June 8, 2023
Ohio Constitution allows slavery as a penalty for crime. Lawmakers want to change that
The Columbus Dispatch | June 7, 2023
Louisiana moves a step closer to symbolically abolishing slavery in its state Constitution
Yahoo! News | May 23, 2023
Bill To Remove Slavery From Iowa Constitution Advances
Iowa Starting Line | February 23, 2023
Nevadans to vote in 2024 on removing slavery, involuntary servitude as punishment from state constitution
CBS News | February 23, 2023
California and Nevada may ban forced prison labor, servitude
Associated Press | February 13, 2023
‘You’re a slave’: Inside Louisiana’s forced prison labor and a failed overhaul attempt
Washington Post | January 3, 2023
Movement grows to abolish US prison labor system that treats workers as ‘less than human’
The Guardian | December 24, 2022
Slavery was on the ballot in the US midterms. Who voted to abolish it?
People’s Dispatch | November 9, 2022