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"Worse Than Slavery"
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
ISBN: 0684822989
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: Apr 1 1996 Pages: 306 Weight: 1.40lbs. Height: 10.00" Width: 6.50" Depth: 1.00" Language: English
Publisher's Comments
Drawing on police records, prison documents, folkore, blues songs, and oral history, a distinguished historian takes a close-up look at Mississippi's Parchman State Penitentiary and Jim Crow justice, from the era of the cottonfield chain gangs to the 1960s. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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