Twice the Work of Free Labor

Alex Lichtenstein

Verso Books, 1996

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Both a study of penal labour in the Southern United States and a revisionist analysis of the political economy of the South after the Civil War, this book reveals that the economic modernization of the South was largely promoted through the use of forced black labour - penal slavery.

ISBN-13
9781859840863
ISBN-10
1859840868
Publisher
Verso Books
Year
1996
Publication date
1996-01-17
Pages
292
Dimensions
236x152x15
Weight
519