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Alabama Public Radio: California Voters May Follow Alabama’s Lead in Banning Slavery
California voters will decide in November whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution under a proposal the state Legislature just approved. Alabama voters abolished slavery this way back in 2022. The polls opened shortly after Alabama Public Radio premiered its award-winning documentary “No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave cemeteries in Alabama,” which was honored with an international “Gabriel” award, a national “Edward R. Murrow” award, and a national “Salute to Excellence” award from the National Association of Black Journalists. Alabama’s anti-slavery amendment also focused on what was, at that time, involuntary servitude among prison inmates.