Slavery was abolished in 1865. Within months, Southern states passed the Black Codes — laws designed to recreate slavery in everything but name. Couldn't own land. Couldn't gather in groups. Couldn't leave a job without permission. Vagrancy laws made unemployment itself a crime — punishable by forced labor. They abolished slavery. Then rebuilt it with different paperwork. The 13th Amendment still allows slavery as punishment for a crime. That wasn't an accident either. Did you know? #MarchOnFest26 #TheUnfinishedStory #CivilRights