Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 6

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Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 6 is a provision in the state’s Bill of Rights that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime.

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Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 6 canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bill of rights provision ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsToPrevent chattel slavery in Indiana ⓘ
forced labor not imposed as criminal punishment ⓘ
allowsExceptionFor punishment for crime ⓘ
appliesTo persons within Indiana ⓘ
bindingOn Indiana state government ⓘ
courts of Indiana ⓘ
public officials in Indiana ⓘ
category anti-slavery law ⓘ
state human rights guarantee ⓘ
enforceableBy Indiana courts ⓘ
exceptionCondition lawful conviction of a crime ⓘ
governs conditions under which forced labor may be imposed as criminal punishment ⓘ
hasArticleNumber Article 1 ⓘ
hasLanguageSimilarTo Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasSectionNumber Section 6 ⓘ
hasShortDescription prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude ⓘ
historicalContext adopted in the 1851 Indiana Constitution ⓘ
interpretedInLightOf federal constitutional law on slavery and involuntary servitude ⓘ
isContainedIn Indiana Bill of Rights ⓘ
languageScope all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime ⓘ
legalEffect renders involuntary servitude unlawful in Indiana except as punishment for crime ⓘ
renders slavery unlawful in Indiana except as punishment for crime ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
levelOfLaw supreme law of the State of Indiana ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction State of Indiana ⓘ
linked to: Indiana

United States ⓘ
partOf Indiana Constitution ⓘ
Indiana Constitution Article 1 ⓘ
prohibits involuntary servitude ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
protects freedom from involuntary servitude ⓘ
freedom from slavery ⓘ
replaced slavery-related provisions of the 1816 Indiana Constitution ⓘ
rightsGuaranteed right not to be held as a slave ⓘ
right not to be held in involuntary servitude ⓘ
subjectMatter civil liberties ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
labor and personal status ⓘ
typeOfRestriction constitutional ban ⓘ

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Article 1: Bill of Rights (Indiana Constitution) → contains → Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 6 ⓘ
subject linked to: Article 1: Bill of Rights