Slavery belongs in the past
From Freedom United
| “I spent 25 years in slavery. It was traumatizing, it was painful, physically and mentally. I felt sub-human, demeaned, socially dead.”[1]– Curtis Ray Davis II, Executive Director of Decarcerate Louisiana, and formerly incarcerated. A staggeringly disproportionate number of Black Americans are part of the estimated 2 million people incarcerated in the United States right now.[2] All of them are caught in a legal system of slavery. |
| Demand the U.S. outlaw slavery! |
Despite its stated objective to abolish slavery in 1865, under the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution slavery and involuntary servitude remain legal as punishment for a crime through the “Exception Clause”. This means that for incarcerated people, being subjected to forced labor behind bars is an everyday risk.
Learn more about how slavery persists in the U.S. today in our new Speak Free blog.
This Black History Month, let the U.S. know that slavery belongs in the past – and call for it to be outlawed once and for all.
In solidarity,
Krysta and the Freedom United team.
 Krysta BisnauthAdvocacy, Freedom United |
