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Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900
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Prison InspectorsLawBlack ExperienceAfrican American HistorySocial SciencesAfrican-american MenRaceGender StudiesAfrican American StudiesBlack WomenCivil RightsCorrectional PracticePrison ViolencePenologyBlack PrisonersAfrican American FreedomAfrican American MemoryPrison SystemCriminal JusticeBlack Women’s StudiesAfrican American SlaverySociologyCarceral SettingAbolitionism
This study draws on a variety of sources, including the reports and correspondence of prison inspectors and letters from prisoners and their families, to explore the history of the African-American men and women whose labour made Alabama's prison system the most profitable in the country.