These YouTube videos go bellyup way too often. See this video instead at the official website: SlaveryByAnotherName.com.
These YouTube videos go bellyup way too often. See this video instead at the official website: SlaveryByAnotherName.com.Then there was this, which ties the private prison problem into the title of this thread:Synopsis:The South's economy couldn't recover after the Civil War because they had become completely dependent on slave labor. So instead, they criminalized every imaginable petty offense as an excuse to imprison former slaves. The prisoners were then leased to private companies as cheap labor. This scheme turned out to be very lucrative for the parasitic saboteurs in power.
After murders and public outrage, this practice of "peonage" was itself [[ironically) criminalized. The WWII effort led to further reforms beyond mere peonage.
Today we seem to be slipping backward on this justice front.
Last edited by Jimaz; August-05-13 at 10:01 PM.
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