![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That bit in italics is what concerns DuVernay, a clause that has long offered a massive loophole to those who seek to exploit it. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s new documentary, available to stream this Friday via Netflix, is called 13th, as in the 13th amendment, the one that formally abolished slavery in the United States, and, at least in theory, granted freedom to all Americans.īut for a crucial caveat: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,” it reads, “ 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.”
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