12019-02-15T16:15:12-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2304252plain2019-02-15T16:23:45-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Wells is referring to the widespread system of "convict leasing," in which inmates in state prisons were "leased" to private companies or plantations to perform hard labor and, often, endure violent treatment. In the South, the vast majority of these prisoners were black men, which Wells's work showed was due to pervasive racial discrimination in the justice system.
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12019-01-09T15:46:20-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Symposium -- Temperance 22AME Church Reviewplain2019-02-14T19:12:20-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
