13 Amendment Prohibits Slavery

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The thirteen amendment prohibits slavery. To repeal this amendment would cause a change in all civil rights accomplishments made in history. By repealing the thirteens amendment the civil rights act of 1964 would be out of use. Not only would repealing the thirteen amendment bring America ten steps backward, but also bring disrespect to the civil rights movement as a whole, and all who died for that cause. The revival of slavery leads to a new ruling of court cases such as Plessy v Ferguson (separate but equal), and Brown v Board of Education (addresses segregation in schools). Cases like these, which give African American more rights, would not be needed because they have now become property. How will the repealing of the fourteen amendment