Chained in Silence : Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South /

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"In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: LeFlouria, Talitha L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Schwarze
Gefängnis
Frauenarbeit
Women prisoners > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Prisons and race relations.
Economic history.
Convict labor.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American prisoners > Social conditions.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor.
Prisons et relations raciales > Georgie (État) > Histoire.
Prisonnieres > Georgie (État) > Conditions sociales.
Prisonniers noirs americains > Georgie (État) > Conditions sociales.
Noires americaines > Georgie (État) > Conditions sociales.
Prisons and race relations > Georgia > History.
Women prisoners > Georgia > Social conditions.
African American prisoners > Georgia > Social conditions.
African American women > Georgia > Social conditions.
Convict labor > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Convict labor > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Georgia.
Georgie (État) > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Georgie (État) > Conditions economiques > 19e siecle.
Georgie (État) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Georgie (État) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Georgia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Georgia > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured in Georgia's prison system and what their labor accomplished. LeFlouria argues that African American women's presence within the convict lease and chain-gang systems of Georgia helped to modernize the South by creating a new and dynamic set of skills for black women. At the same time, female inmates struggled to resist physical and sexual exploitation and to preserve their human dignity within a hostile climate of terror. This revealing history redefines the social context of black women's lives and labor in the New South and allows their stories to be told for the first time"--Provided by publisher.
Notas:"Portions of the text were previously published as 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Cuts Cordwood : Exploring Black Women's Lives and Labor in Georgia's Convict Camps, 1865-1917,' Labor : Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas 8, no. 3 (Fall 2011)"--Title page verso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations, maps.
ISBN:9781469623283

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