It’s a savage and barbaric crime. White groups of men committed these atrocities routinely, They were never prosecuted and under the protection of the government, since they refused to prosecute. Black Congressman George White introduced H.R. 6963 in 1900, the first anti-lynching bill. Indiana actually passed anti-lynching laws in 1899 and 1901, but the sheriff refused to arrest onlookers and participants in one case, and thus their efficacy faded and they were later revoked. White government officials refused to prosecute anyone.

It’s interesting that anyone convicted of a crime could be enslaved, made into a slave or an indentured servant by the state of Georgia under the permission of the 13th. That means, according this language, that it was “slavery” and not like slavery, since the constitution actually uses the word “slavery” or Involuntary servitude”, which is the same thing as slavery—it is forced a person to work against their will, involuntarily, not volunteering. We use white mitigated language to not offend or anger white conservatives or to reveal that white liberals and conservatives in the north didn’t end slavery, but rather it was started with this permission. So, the state legislature made laws in Georgia, a group of white men, arrest blacks, took ownership of the black man, then bid him off for money to industry while maintaining ownership through the contract. The state of Georgia then became the holder of the title rather than a white owner. In that way “slavery or involuntary servitude” was transformed into a state government function where the contract was legally maintained through the state. I just looked up a couple contracts and am shocked. It is not “like slavery” but according to the language, it is “slavery.”