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Wait, but slavery's over, and how could there be anything worse than slavery? Read this book.
Oshinsky, David M., 1944-. Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice / David M. Oshinsky. [0684822989] New York : Free Press, c1996.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve HV9475.M72 M576 1996
Call#: Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve HV9475.M72 M576 1996
tagged American_history Mississippi chain_gangs convict_leasing prison racism
by hennefem
...on 27-FEB-06
A New York Times article from 1932 expressing anxiety about racial integration on the Southern chain gangs.