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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place sublet to their jurisdiction. Amendment XIII Dec. 18, 1865 With such a strong and provocative amendment, its no wonder it took Americans almost two century’s of embarrassment in order to create such an ideal. It’s amazing that such controversy and confusion could come about from two words who’s meaning are so different. But yet we place them together as so to justify one another. We watch and see freedom as it becomes a hollow concept no less so in the 21st century, than it was in the 17th and 18th century as well. There are two books with which provide us with a basis for such analysis “Myne Owne ground”, by T.H Breen, Stephen Innes and “Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian”, edited by Hunter Dickinson Farish. Through detailed passages we witness our own brothers attempt to establish a solid legal tradition for the absolute enslavement of blacks. To better understand and furthermore analyze history, it is crucial for one to venture out and make assertions, in hopes of proving and supporting them. In the 17th century slave