WORLD WIDE AFRICA THE VOICE OF THE PAN AFRICAN MOVEMENT

The facts are simple there was never any legislation that mentioned Slavery as a legal form of punishment until the XIII Amendment of the Constitution. THE AMERICAN SLAVE CODE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: it's distinctive features shown by its statutes, judicial decisions and illustrative facts, by William Goodell states:"All these affirm that slavery, being without foundation in nature, is the creature of municipal law, and exists only under its jurisdiction.