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Slaves of the state : black incarceration from the chain gang to the penitentiary / Dennis Childs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Childs, Dennis, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American prisoners--History.
- African American prisoners.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London, [England] : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <DIV><P>Contents</P><P>Introduction. "Inhuman Punishment": The <I>(Un)dead Book</I> of Chattel Carcerality <BR />1. "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet": <I>Beloved</I> and the Middle Passage Carceral Model<BR />2. "Except as Punishment for a Crime": The Thirteenth Amendment and the Rebirth of Chattel Imprisonment<BR />3. Angola Penitentiary: The Once and Future Slave Plantation<BR />4. The Warfare of Northern Neoslavery in Chester Himes's <I>Yesterday Will Make You Cry<BR /></I>Acknowledgments<BR />Notes<BR />Index<BR /></P></DIV>
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction. “Inhuman Punishment�: The (Un)dead Book of Chattel Carcerality""; ""1. “You Ain�t Seen Nothin� Yet�: Beloved and the Middle Passage Carceral Model""; ""2. “Except as Punishment for a Crime�: The Thirteenth Amendment and the Rebirth of Chattel Imprisonment""; ""3. Angola Penitentiary: The Once and Future Slave Plantation""; ""4. The Warfare of Northern Neoslavery in Chester Himes�s Yesterday Will Make You Cry""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""
- ""M""""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781452943770
- 145294377X
- OCLC:
- 905696284
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