PROPOSAL HOPES TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. 60 YEARS AFTER SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN THE COMMONWEALTH, LEGISLATION IS FILED AGAIN TO ADDRESS THE LINGERING EFFECTS ON MODERN DAY KENTUCKIANS, SPECIFICALLY ...

As is true for much of our history, we are constantly struggling to live up to our moral and human values. America was founded on ideals based on freedom and equality. Indeed, our Declaration of ...

The Kentucky constitution prohibits slavery except as a punishment for a crime. The slavery exception clause has helped create a profitable prison-industrial complex in Kentucky. The current system ...

Democratic Sen. Gerald Neal of Louisville has known about a glaring exception enshrined in the state’s Constitution for some time. Kentucky is one of several states that amended its constitution to ...

When Rev. Michael Swartzentruber tells people the Kentucky Constitution still allows slavery as a form of punishment, the reaction of many is the same. “What?” It’s true. Section 25 of the Kentucky ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for crime. Ohio’s constitution currently bans slavery and ...

In this episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke discuss the role that slavery played at the Constitutional Convention. The delegates, as they note, were never prepared to abolish slavery in ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Spurred by a police chief, Minnesota lawmakers launched a drive Thursday to remove from the state constitution a clause allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for ...

Q. Is slavery in the U.S. Constitution? A. The U.S. Constitution does not use the term slavery but the existence of slavery in the United States did influence the compromises and agreements that were ...