Chained in silence : Black women and convict labor in the new South / Talitha L. LeFlouria.

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"In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivi...

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Main Author: LeFlouria, Talitha L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Series:Justice, power, and politics.
Subjects:
Convict labor > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Convict labor > Georgia > History > 20th century.
African American women > Georgia > Social conditions.
African American prisoners > Georgia > Social conditions.
Women prisoners > Georgia > Social conditions.
Prisons and race relations > Georgia > History.
African American prisoners > Social conditions.
African American women > Social conditions.
Convict labor.
Economic history.
Prisons and race relations.
Race relations.
Women prisoners > Social conditions.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Georgia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 257 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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