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Leased convicts working in a field
ca. 1903
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States
During Reconstruction, Southern states developed “convict leasing” to provide incarcerated laborers to private businesses. The businesses then compensated the prisons—rather than the workers themselves.
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- Title: Leased convicts working in a field
- Date Created: ca. 1903
- Subject Keywords: convict leasing, Reconstruction
- Publisher: Detroit Publishing Co.
- Original Source: Library of Congress
- Rights: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
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