Black Women Convict Laborers in the New South

15/09/2015 33 min
Black Women Convict Laborers in the New South

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Episode Synopsis

Professor Talitha LeFlouria, a fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute at the University of Virginia, discusses her book, "Chained in Silence," and the lives, labors, and legacies of incarcerated black women and the convict lease system in the early 20th century South.