A01=Talitha L. LeFlouria
Author_Talitha L. LeFlouria
black female convicts
black women and convict labor after the Civil War
black women and convict leasing
black women and work
black women prisoners in Georgia
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chain-gangs in the South
convict labor after the Civil War
convict labor in Georgia
convict labor in the South
convict leasing in Georgia
convict leasing in the South
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female prisoners in the South
Georgia state prison farm
prison labor in the South
prison reform movement
women and chain-gangs
women and southern prisons
Product details
- ISBN 9781469630007
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2016
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 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.
