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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

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Page 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

Post-war PenaltiesI. IntroductionII. The North

A. Prison buildingB. IndustryC. Prison LifeD. “The new penology”

III. Southern problemsA. InfrastructureB. Free LaborC. CrimeD. Race

IV. White SupremacyA. Criminal LawB. Chain gangC. LynchingD. Black self-defense

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Prison Construction

Sing Sing, early 1900s

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Convict Labor

Convict labor, 1880

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Prison Life• Rules

– Silent System– Lockstep– Forced labor

• Guards• Torture

– Yoke, buck, shower bath, paddle, & “weighing machine”

• Despair– Self-mutilation– Insanity– Suicide

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“The New Penology”

Industrial school band, 1904

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Southern Infrastructure

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Free Labor

Former slaves

Baltimore, 1865

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Crime

“Sambo”

Minstrel character

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Race

Changing geography of black residence

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Criminal Law

Louisiana Supreme CourtSCSC Chief Justice, J. J. Wright

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Chain gang

Chain gang

Georgia

1880s

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Lynching

Year W B Tot1882 64 49 1131885 110 74 1841890 11 85 961895 66 113 1791900 9 106 1151905 5 57 621910 9 67 76

Will “Froggy” James

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Black resistance

Black resistance,

New Orleans, 1866