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Brother Dee: Prisoners Reject Slavery
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
29 Aug 2017
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The August 19 Millions for Prisoners Human Rights rallies across the country were highly successful, despite lockdowns in some state prisons. The rallies focused on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which created an exception clause that made prison slavery legal, said prison abolitionist Brother Dee.

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