Convict Labor in America
Book review

Ortiz, Paul

http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1974
Publisher: Against the Current
Year Published: 1998
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX11449

Convict labour, like antebellum slavery, was an American way of life, a cultural practice that tied northern capitalists, plantation owners, university-trained social reformers, federal officials and advocates of "good roads" together in a powerful alliance.