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Texas History Amendment Project

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE NEXT AMENDMENT

WHY CHOSE MY AMENDMENT

SLAVERY IS IMMORAL AND CRUEL

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SLAVES ARE ABUSED

SLAVES ARE STARVED

SLAVES GET NO PAY

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THOUGH SLAVERY IS DISGUSTING, IF WE REMOVE IT WITHOUT ECONOMIC RETURN, THE SOUTH WILL COLLAPSE!

MY SOLUTION IS TO "RECLAIM" SLAVES AND REINTRODUCE THEM INTO SOCIETY.

5 RECLAIMERS WILL BE HIRED PER COUNTY AND THEY WILL PAY SLAVE OWNERS FOR TURNING IN SLAVES.

THE PAYMENT FOR SLAVE OWNERS TURNING IN SLAVES WILL BE A YEAR OF PROPERTY TAX EXCLUSION AND 20 DOLLARS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PER TEN SLAVES

PUNISHMENT FOR RESISTING RECLAMATION OF SLAVES BY SLAVE OWNERS WILL BE A TWO PERCENT TAX INCREASE AND A YEAR IN JAIL

SUSPECTED HARBORED SLAVES AND INDENTURED SERVANTS WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE TO DECIDE IF THEY ARE HARBORED SLAVES.