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Post-war Penalties

Post-war Penalties. I. Introduction II. The North A. Prison building B. Industry C. Prison Life D. “The new penology” III. Southern problems A. Infrastructure B. Free Labor C. Crime D. Race IV. White Supremacy A. Criminal Law B. Chain gang C. Lynching

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Post-war Penalties

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  1. Post-war Penalties I. Introduction II. The North A. Prison building B. Industry C. Prison Life D. “The new penology” III. Southern problems A. Infrastructure B. Free Labor C. Crime D. Race IV. White Supremacy A. Criminal Law B. Chain gang C. Lynching D. Black self-defense

  2. Prison Construction Sing Sing, early 1900s

  3. Convict Labor Convict labor, 1880

  4. Prison Life • Rules • Silent System • Lockstep • Forced labor • Guards • Torture • Yoke, buck, shower bath, paddle, & “weighing machine” • Despair • Self-mutilation • Insanity • Suicide

  5. “The New Penology” Industrial school band, 1904

  6. Southern Infrastructure

  7. Free Labor Former slaves Baltimore, 1865

  8. Crime “Sambo” Minstrel character

  9. Race Changing geography of black residence

  10. Criminal Law SCSC Chief Justice, J. J. Wright Louisiana Supreme Court

  11. Chain gang Chain gang Georgia 1880s

  12. Lynching Year W B Tot 1882 64 49 113 1885 110 74 184 1890 11 85 96 1895 66 113 179 1900 9 106 115 1905 5 57 62 1910 9 67 76 Will “Froggy” James

  13. Black resistance Black resistance, New Orleans, 1866

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