Mississippi Const. art. 3, § 15

Mississippi Constitution

Article 3, § 15 — Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited; punishment for crime

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Miss. Const. art. 3, § 15.

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There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state, otherwise than in the punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

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SOURCES: 1869 art I § 19.

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