Independence Day 2022 and slavery is alive and well.

"Amendment XIII (13th Amendment – Slavery and Involuntary Servitude)

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. "

[link to constitutionus.com (secure)]

I thought that people might find this interesting. The amendment did not do away with slavery, it merely nationalized it to the governments.