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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 ...

State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s foundational document. “This isn’t political,” ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Democratic lawmakers want to eradicate slavery from the Ohio Constitution. State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint ...

The term “coolie” is commonly associated with Chinese Americans depicted as an involuntary slave labor force, forced cheap labor, or indentured servitude/contract laborers unwittingly recruited and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite voters’ rejection of a ballot measure last fall to amend the state constitution to abolish involuntary prison ...