Slaves of the State: Black Incarceration from the Chain Gang to the Penitentiary by Dennis Childs

Slaves of the State: Black Incarceration from the Chain Gang to the Penitentiary

Dennis Childs

280 pages 2015

3 editions

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed in 1865, has long been viewed as a definitive break with the nation’s past by abolishing slavery and ushering in an inexorable march toward black freedom. Slaves of the State prese...

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