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Post-war Penalties. I. Introduction II. The North A. Prison building B. Industry C. Prison Life D. “The new penology” III. Southern problems A. Infrastructure B. Free Labor C. Crime D. Race IV. White Supremacy A. Criminal Law B. Chain gang C. Lynching
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Post-war Penalties I. Introduction II. The North A. Prison building B. Industry C. Prison Life D. “The new penology” III. Southern problems A. Infrastructure B. Free Labor C. Crime D. Race IV. White Supremacy A. Criminal Law B. Chain gang C. Lynching D. Black self-defense
Prison Construction Sing Sing, early 1900s
Convict Labor Convict labor, 1880
Prison Life • Rules • Silent System • Lockstep • Forced labor • Guards • Torture • Yoke, buck, shower bath, paddle, & “weighing machine” • Despair • Self-mutilation • Insanity • Suicide
“The New Penology” Industrial school band, 1904
Free Labor Former slaves Baltimore, 1865
Crime “Sambo” Minstrel character
Race Changing geography of black residence
Criminal Law SCSC Chief Justice, J. J. Wright Louisiana Supreme Court
Chain gang Chain gang Georgia 1880s
Lynching Year W B Tot 1882 64 49 113 1885 110 74 184 1890 11 85 96 1895 66 113 179 1900 9 106 115 1905 5 57 62 1910 9 67 76 Will “Froggy” James
Black resistance Black resistance, New Orleans, 1866