Parchman Farm: Mississippi's State Penitentiary in the 1930s

by Kate Stewart and Bryan King

In 1900, the Mississippi legislature appropriated funds to purchase approximately 4,000 acres of farmland in Sunflower County, the heart of the Delta. The state's aim was to establish the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman because

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467128007
• ISBN13: 9781467128001
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"