The 219th Annual Carnival Ticket: Amendment 13

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.








And before any one gets hostile, the picture above signifies not that we do not approve of the amendment. We believe that it is embarassing enough that a nation actually has to have an amendment prohibiting slavery, and that people at one time were not looked at as anything more than property. It is a shameful time in US history. But the picture above shows an exploitation of US history. At the time, slavery was not illegal. Today it is. No crime was committed at the time, though it was highly immoral. Many things are highly immoral: opium farming, swearing in front of children, abandoning your child, looking for handouts, and blaming you current situation for something that ended 141 years ago. It is an act of Reverse Slavery, in that people are bringing current billion dollar corporations to their mercy, dragging their names into the media, claiming they had their origins in slavery. Applause to all judges who punt these complaints out of their court rooms.

*Author's note: My family came to this country long after slavery ended without a dime in their pockets. They worked their asses off so their children would learn values and work ethic. Their children taught it to their children, and so on. I am not a product of slavery, nor am I a prosperer from it. I am the product of the American Dream.