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Introduction
‘‘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.’’
-The constitution of the United States, amendment 13, ratified
1865-Dec-6
‘‘the state of subjection to another that constitutes or resembles slavery
or serfdom [...] it implies in general lack of liberty to do as one pleases,
specifically lack of freedom to determine one’s course of action and
conditions of living’’
-definition of ‘‘servitude’’, from Webster’s dictionary
‘‘1: the system of anization prevailing in Europe from the
9th to about the 15th centuries having as its basis the relation of lord to
vassal with all land held