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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460167303321

Autore

Childs Dennis <1972->

Titolo

Slaves of the state : black incarceration from the chain gang to the penitentiary / / Dennis Childs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4529-4377-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

365/.608996073

Soggetti

African American prisoners - History

Slavery - United States - History

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

<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>