The Ohio Constitution currently allows slavery when it’s used “for the punishment of crime,” but that may not be the case for long, according to a CNN report.
Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, a Democrat, reportedly teamed up with Republican Rep. Phil Plummer to introduce an amendment to the state constitution that would remove slavery and involuntary servitude entirely from the document. The proposed change was referred to the Constitutional Resolutions Committee on Wednesday, according to CNN.
“Lawmakers are proposing the language to change to, ‘There shall never be slavery in this state; nor involuntary servitude,'” according to the report.
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