Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt: Kinderlou Camp and Misdemeanor Convict Leasing in Georgia

by Thomas Aiello

Uncovering a little-known system of bound labor in the post-Reconstruction South

After
the constitutional end to slavery in the United States, southern white
landowners replaced labor by enslaved people with systems of bound labor
in which people worked to pay off debts or legal fines. Through the
story of a labor camp in Georgia, Thomas Aiello takes a close look at
the Deep South's dependence on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813080827
• ISBN13: 9780813080826
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"