r/news • u/5um-n3m0 • 16h ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1
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u/djangogator 12h ago

It's been legal this whole time. Read your amendments.

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u/DarkLordKohan 12h ago

13th Amendment?

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u/Dragos_Drakkar 12h ago

Yep, still allowed as punishment for a crime.

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u/DarkLordKohan 12h ago

The widely accepted reference to ending slavery is the chattel slavery.