13th Amendment

Following up on a post from the other day on the failure of the Thirteenth Amendment to 'abolish' slavery by including "except as Punishment for crime."   Na-tion-al-ize Function: verb Inflected Form(s): -ized; -iz·ing 1 : to make national 2 : to remove from private ownership and place under government Control   An investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his book "Slavery By Another Name", and in it he Describes how normal human behaviors associated minorities were Criminalized in order to re-enslave newly freed Black Americans.   Sheriffs and other officials then sold or leased the prisoners to Owners of mines, saw-mills, farms, and factories.   Video:   http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/9586.html   Goodman Green - Brasscheck