HIST 1378 Lecture 3: Slavery By Another Name
7 Feb 2017
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Pig laws enhancing misdemeanor offenses to felony: theft of a pig = 5 years prison, stealing 8 cent fence rail = hard labor. Only 10% of crimes were committed by whites. States rented prisoners to companies for months. Highest prices for hard workers or long sentences. 14k the first year of prisoner leasing. Roughly 4. 1 m dollars today within 14 years. Founded in 1871, birmingham had all the ingredients for steel. John t. milner: brilliant engineer, businessman, suuuuper racist, layed out first railroad lines. Florida extracted gum from pines for turpentine. Texas/louisiana harvested timber and building railroads. Over 15,000 prisoners in 1886: 1/3 were younger than 16, girls and women were forced into labor. I(cid:374) the fall, (cid:449)he(cid:374) it (cid:449)as ti(cid:373)e for (cid:272)otto(cid:374) har(cid:448)esti(cid:374)g thousa(cid:374)ds of (cid:271)la(cid:272)ks (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e arrested. Iro(cid:374)i(cid:272) : most were convicted over trivial or vague offenses. As early as 1890, blacks were over 30% of prisoners.
