We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners' Rights in Postwar America
(Part of the Justice, Power, and Politics Series)
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Hank Lacayo Best Labor Themed Book, International Latino Book Awards
Best Book Award, Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of Criminology
In the early twentieth century, the brutality of southern prisons became a national scandal. Prisoners toiled in grueling, violent conditions while housed in crude dormitories on what were effectively slave plantations. This system persisted until the 1940s when, led by...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469653575
ISBN13:9781469653570
Release Date:January 2020
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:544 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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