"SLAVERY IS THE STATUS OR CONDITION OF A PERSON OVER WHOM ANY OR ALL THE POWERS attaching the right of ownership are exercised." (Bellagio-Harvard guidelines on legal parameters of slavery).
5 Minute film:
KENTUCKY PRACTICES OWNERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME
The status of slavery renders a person unable to engage in self care and vulnerable to abuse and exploitation by others. It is antithetical to improved behavior (a common interpretation of the importance of punishment) and to rehabilitation, which similarly relies on self-agency.
In the pages below, it will be helpful to keep in mind that
In the pages below, it will be helpful to keep in mind that
- None of the steps forward throughout history addressed the need to remove the exception clause which guarantees a diminished status with every conviction.
- The essence of chattel slavery experience has not changed in modern-day renditions because the status of slavery, not the time, environment, or circumstances, has not changed.