HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Slavery By Another Name, Convict Lease, Slave Codes
18 Apr 2016
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Slavery was 2 things: formal system of racial subordinaion, system for extracing most labor for least amount of money. Ater african americans had been forced away form polls by white supremacist vigilantes & reconstrucion ended, democrats regain control of local / state governments. Immediately passed several laws intended to reestablish system of racial subordinaion that had existed under slavery. By 1800s, nearly every southern state had some version of black codes. Every negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person or former owner, who shall be held responsible for the conduct of the negro . No negro shall be permited to preach or otherwise speak out to congregaions of colored people without special permission in wriing from the government . African american prison populaion expanded exponenially (more than 300%) Under convict leasing laws passed by most redeemer govs. , private employers or landowners could lease prisoners & compel them to do work.
