While Kentucky does ban slavery, it carves out an exception for one group of people - people convicted of a crime. The ...
During the six and a half years Savvy Shabazz spent incarcerated in nine Kentucky institutions, he worked for as little as 63 ...
Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.
Section 25 of the Kentucky Constitution reads "Slavery and involuntary servitude in this State are forbidden, except as a ...
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Lexington lawmaker wants ‘slavery’ out of Kentucky’s constitutionWhile slavery was abolished long ago in the United States, some states, including Kentucky, allow involuntary servitude as a ...
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Proposed constitutional amendment could fully ban slavery in KentuckyHouse Bill 121 proposes to remove a punishment clause from a section of the state constitution that allows slavery and ...
Saying it is well past time for Kentucky to remove a slavery exception from its constitution, state Rep. George A. Brown, Jr.
Kentucky’s state constitution currently bans “slavery and involuntary servitude,” except as criminal punishment. State ...
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State legislator calls for the removal of slavery exception in KY ConstitutionState Representative George Brown is proposing for Kentucky to remove a slavery exception from its constitution through House ...
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — One hundred and sixty years after slavery was abolished in the Commonwealth, legislation aims to address the lingering effects on modern-day Kentuckians ...
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