Convict Leasing (1 Jan 1846 Jahr – 1 Jan 1928 Jahr)

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After the Civil War, slavery persisted in the form of convict leasing, a system in which Southern states leased prisoners to private railways, mines, and large plantations. While states profited, prisoners earned no pay and faced inhumane, dangerous, and often deadly work conditions. Thousands of Black people were forced into what authors have termed “slavery by another name.”

Convict leasing started in 1846 and was outlawed in 1928. The revenues derived from convict leasing were substantial, accounting for roughly 10% of total state revenues in 1883, surging to nearly 73% by 1898.

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