The Thirteenth Amendment forbade slavery and involuntary servitude, ... Angola and Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as Parchman Farm) among them.

The prison farm operation generated well over $1 million a year for the state. ... Parchman in Mississippi (1901), and Cummins Farm (1902). ... the Thirteenth Amendment, ...

That in Mississippi’s Parchman Farm and the former Louisiana plantation known as Angola Farm (Black prisoners make up 70 percent and 75 percent of their populations, respectively), the prisoners ...

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except as punishment for a crime. This so-called "Except Clause" has long been used to justify forced ...

Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery – forced prison labor. Sen. Jeff Merkley of ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Nine big men sit attentively at their desks inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary—the once infamous prison labor colony known as Parchman Farm. They're wearing green-and ...

Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level classes to offer inmates some education, and teach them about the Blues.

Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery – forced prison labor.

Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery -- forced prison labor.

Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery – forced prison labor.