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Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
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Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
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Draws on police records, prison documents, and oral history to examine Mississippi's state penitentiary and Jim Crow justice, from the era of the cottonfield chain gangs to the 1960s.
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Authors
Oshinsky, David M., 1944-
Subjects
Mississippi State Penitentiary.--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Mississippi--History.
Prisoners--Mississippi--History.
Language
English
Dimensions
22 cm.