Slaves of the State
Black Incarceration from the Chain Gang to the Penitentiary
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Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveslavesofstatebla0000chil
- ISBN-100816692416
- ISBN-139780816692415
- Library of Congress Control Number2014019929
- OCLC Control Number881318274
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780816692415
- Open LibraryOL27506087M
Classifications
- LCCHV9471.C473 2015
- LCCHV9471 .C473 2015
- LCCHV9471 .C473 2015eb
Description
Argues that the incarceration of black people and other historically repressed groups in chain gangs, peon camps, prison plantations, and penitentiaries represents the perpetuation of chattel slavery. With more than 2.3 million people in the country?s jails, prisons, and immigrant detention centers, Childs exposes slavery as a continuing social reality of U.S. empire. --From publisher description.
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