post-war penalties
DESCRIPTION
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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
Prison Construction
Sing Sing, early 1900s
Convict Labor
Convict labor, 1880
Prison Life• Rules
– Silent System– Lockstep– Forced labor
• Guards• Torture
– Yoke, buck, shower bath, paddle, & “weighing machine”
• Despair– Self-mutilation– Insanity– Suicide
“The New Penology”
Industrial school band, 1904
Southern Infrastructure
Free Labor
Former slaves
Baltimore, 1865
Crime
“Sambo”
Minstrel character
Race
Changing geography of black residence
Criminal Law
Louisiana Supreme CourtSCSC Chief Justice, J. J. Wright
Chain gang
Chain gang
Georgia
1880s
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
Black resistance
Black resistance,
New Orleans, 1866