Module Two Discussion, Initial Response Due Thursday, 2/6

Hi Kelsea! I read that you found no relations between this time period and your own experiences in our modern world. One interesting thing to think on that might connect more with how the echoes of slavery have continued into our modern age is prison labor. As you quoted, the 13th amendment does not allow slavery EXCEPT in the circumstance that the enslaved was convicted of a crime. This immediately raises a red flag; the 13th amendment did not abolish slavery, it only shifted the industry so that it may be managed by prison systems. A certain example of how this has carried out in the modern age most recently would be looking at some firefighters who have fought the wildfires in Los Angeles. There is a wide coalition of convicted felons whom have been recruited for almost no pay at all to fight these fires, and who's experience will mean very little when outside the prison system. In this regard, slavery was not directly removed from the United States in this time period and it's influence is most certainly present today.