Mastodawn

@HamonWry also, is friday the 13th the American day of celebrating the #abolition of #slavery? #13thAmendment

... general strike to end prison slavery. Incarcerated workers earn an average of $0.86 per day, making products for megacorps like Target and Walmart ...#13thamendment #8thamendment #ADOC #Alabama #bullockcorrectionalfacility #freealabamamovement #hungerstrike #iwoc #jailhouselawyersspeak #kennethtraywick #prison #prisonstrike #reducerecidivism #SwiftJustice #unheardvoiceoftheconcretejungle
Behind the Hunger Strike: Swift Justice Continues Fight for ‘Prisoners’ Rights’ - UNICORN RIOT

Behind the Hunger Strike: Swift Justice Continues Fight for ‘Prisoners’ Rights’ - UNICORN RIOT

Kenneth 'Swift Justice' Traywick started starving himself November 20, 2025, striking in solidarity with 'prisoners' across Alabama and the United States.

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Peter Riley Feb 15

U.S. Capitalist(s) State exploit #incarceratedworkers with #13thAmendment loophole since 19th century abolition of slavery and civil war period; 21st century Million+ prisoners captive workforce are the cheapest in the wage-slavery system … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

The USA Potato Feb 11

Black “Cancer Alley” Residents Win Key Ruling in Environmental Racism Case

The decision “recognizes what is at stake … [a] public health emergency that originated in slavery,” said an attorney.

https://murica.website/2026/02/black-cancer-alley-residents-win-key-ruling-in-environmental-racism-case/

Black “Cancer Alley” Residents Win Key Ruling in Environmental Racism Case – The USA Potato

Silkester Feb 10

Judges MAKE MAJOR RULING on Trump’s INHUMANE Detention SCHEME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wj4ZjMv-TA

#Law #Texas #5thCircuit #JudgeJones #Detention #Immigration #8thAmendment #13thAmendment #Cruelty #HumanRightsViolation #HabeasCorpus #ICE #Miller

Judges MAKE MAJOR RULING on Trump’s INHUMANE Detention SCHEME

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Silkester Feb 10

Why ICE is quick to ship to Texas and Louisiana:

https://terms.law/Trump/Immigration/Mass-Detention-Ruling/

#Law #ICE #HabeasCorpus #HumanRightsViolation #8thAmendment #13thAmendment #Cruelty #Miller #Immigration

Fifth Circuit Upholds Mass Detention: 300+ Judges Said No, Two Said Yes

Deep analysis of the ruling that gave the Trump administration its first appellate win on mass detention. Full opinion embedded.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 8

#Delaware had a chance to ratify the #13thAmendment on #ThisDayInHistory in 1865, but refused, meaning that #slavery was not criminalized until ratification was achieved in December. Remember that Delaware was a Union state but still a racist slave state, along with three others.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 7

The US state of Mississippi refused to endorse the #13thAmendment abolishing #slavery over its lack of compensation for slave owners. The state only ratified it in 1995, and only certified that in 2013 on #ThisDayInHistory after a professor noticed it hadn't been filed correctly.

John Autry Jan 31

January 31, 1865 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed (119-56) the 13th constitutional amendment which abolished slavery, and sent it to the states for ratification (three-quarters of the states would do so by the end of the year). The Kentucky legislature didn't vote to ratify until 1976. Mississippi's legislature finally ratified it in 1995 but failed to submit the paperwork to the federal government until 2013.

“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.”

#13thAmendment

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Jan 31

The #13thAmendment to the US Constitution passed in Congress on #ThisDayInHistory in 1865. It did not fully abolish #slavery, but took it out of private hands, passing responsibility to government, which continues to force prisoners to work for the benefit of major corporations.