Colorado voters have amended their constitution to abolish slavery by removing language that bans slavery “except as a punishment for crime.” The Colorado provision had echoed language in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Colorado voters have amended their constitution to abolish slavery by removing language that bans slavery “except as a punishment for crime.” The Colorado provision had echoed language in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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