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- Section 1. 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.
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- Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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