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Ohio Lawmaker Says Clause Allowing Slavery Needs To Be Removed From State Constitution
Ohio’s constitution bans slavery except for one reason. And at least one Black lawmaker wants that exception stripped from the state’s governing document.
Democratic Sen. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) says the clause that allows slavery as the punishment for a crime needs to be removed from the state constitution.
When the Ohio Constitution was ratified in 1851, it contained this clause: “There shall be no slavery in this state; nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crime.”
Thomas says there is no excuse for that language in this day and age.
Read more: https://www.statenews.org/post/ohio-lawmaker-says-clause-allowing-slavery-needs-be-removed-state-constitution
