Black voters in Louisiana ‘embarrassed’ by state’s failure to pass anti-slavery amendment
Black voters in Louisiana are confused. Many are ashamed. Some are angry. Everyone seems concerned about how their status is perceived after a constitutional amendment to eliminate slavery and indentured servitude failed spend in the November elections.That may be, in part, because the legislator who wrote the bill to allow voting changed direction and worked to kill it. Four other states, Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont, have passed similar legislation, effectively ending “slave labor” in prisons. Louisiana, however, did not vote in favor of the constitutional amendment, which had been introduced by Rep. Edmond Jordan, a black politician known for…
