CRI340H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Walnut Street Prison, Rhetorical Device, Theft
9 Aug 2022
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Every time someone tells history, they"re giving what actually happened based on their own spin. Often informed by other histories they"ve heard/read. What they choose to include, what sources they use, etc. 3 distinct models over 19th c, 20th c, specifically in the us south (1860s-1950s) With a different definition, we"d need a different story than what i tell. Moment that we moved away from jails (referred to as prisons also) to prisons. Burning, boiling, drawing & quartering, stoning, hanging in chains, dissection, etc. Stocks, mock executions, cropping (cutting off ears), cutting off hand, branding (tattooing), exile, forced labour, etc. Jailer paid by bribes & fees for room/board/alcohol. Could leave/come and go (return by end of the night) People from community could come in not closed off. Typically no major organizational scheme no activities. Short term holding tanks no goal other than keeping them in certain place for some time. Bridewell, house of correction, workhouse england, 16th c-19th c.
