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Chained in silence :

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Chained in silence :

[Book]

Black women and convict labor in the new South /

Talitha L. LeFlouria.

Chapel Hill :

The University of North Carolina Press,

[2015]

©2015

1 online resource :

illustrations, maps

Justice, power, and politics

"Portions of the text were previously published as 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Cuts Cordwood : Exploring Black Women's Lives and Labor in Georgia's Convict Camps, 1865-1917,' Labor : Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas 8, no. 3 (Fall 2011)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Between sound and silence -- Introduction: "Only woman blacksmith in America is a convict" -- The gendered anatomy of "Negro crime" -- Black women and convict leasing in the "Empire State" of the new South -- "The hand that rocks the cradle cuts cordwood" : prison camps for women -- Sustaining the "weak and feeble" : women workers and the Georgia State Prison Farm -- "Broken, ruined, and wrecked" : women on the chain gang -- Epilogue: The sound of broken silence.

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"In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured in Georgia's prison system and what their labor accomplished. LeFlouria argues that African American women's presence within the convict lease and chain-gang systems of Georgia helped to modernize the South by creating a new and dynamic set of skills for black women. At the same time, female inmates struggled to resist physical and sexual exploitation and to preserve their human dignity within a hostile climate of terror. This revealing history redefines the social context of black women's lives and labor in the New South and allows their stories to be told for the first time"--Provided by publisher.

JSTOR

22573/ctt14r8wcq

Chained in silence.

9781469622477

African American prisoners-- Georgia-- Social conditions.

African American women-- Georgia-- Social conditions.

Convict labor-- Georgia-- History-- 19th century.

Convict labor-- Georgia-- History-- 20th century.

Prisons and race relations-- Georgia-- History.

Women prisoners-- Georgia-- Social conditions.

African American prisoners-- Social conditions.

African American women-- Social conditions.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor.

Convict labor.

Economic history.

Frauenarbeit.

Gefängnis.

HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.

Prisons and race relations.

Race relations.

Schwarze.

Women prisoners-- Social conditions.

Georgia, Economic conditions, 19th century.

Georgia, Economic conditions, 20th century.

Georgia, Race relations, History, 19th century.

Georgia, Race relations, History, 20th century.

Georgia.

Georgia.

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HIS036120

POL-- 013000

SOC001000

SOC028000

LeFlouria, Talitha L.

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