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: States like Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont have recently voted to ban forced prison labor.

Researchers often use archival photographs (like those by Bruce Jackson ) to highlight the visual continuity between antebellum slavery and modern incarceration.

: An 8,000-acre plantation converted into a prison in 1880, where the former slave quarters became cell units. Download prison slave jpg

: Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited "except as a punishment for a crime".

Efforts to remove the "punishment" exception from state constitutions are currently gaining momentum: : States like Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, and

: New amendments have been introduced in Congress to officially close the 13th Amendment loophole nationwide.

: Images of prisoners in stripes, chained together while performing manual labor, serve as a potent symbol of this system. : Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited "except

: Incarcerated individuals in states like Texas and Florida are still forced to work in fields—often picking cotton or corn—with little to no pay. 📸 Visual History and "The Prison Slave"