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Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt - by Thomas Aiello - 1 of 1

Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt - by Thomas Aiello (Paperback)

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  • Uncovering a little-known system of bound labor in the post-Reconstruction SouthAfter the constitutional end to slavery in the United States, southern white landowners replaced labor by enslaved people with systems of bound labor in which people worked to pay off debts or legal fines.
  • About the Author: Thomas Aiello is professor of history and Africana studies at Valdosta State University.
  • 296 Pages
  • History, African American & Black

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In this book, Thomas Aiello takes a close look at the Deep South's dependence on systems of bound labor during the post-Reconstruction era through the story of a labor camp in Georgia, drawing attention to the injustices and abuses of misdemeanor convict leasing.



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Uncovering a little-known system of bound labor in the post-Reconstruction South

After the constitutional end to slavery in the United States, southern white landowners replaced labor by enslaved people with systems of bound labor in which people worked to pay off debts or legal fines. Through the story of a labor camp in Georgia, Thomas Aiello takes a close look at the Deep South's dependence on debt peonage and convict leasing systems during the post-Reconstruction era and draws attention to a form of bound labor that has not been discussed by scholars of racialized incarceration.

At the center of this study is the Kinderlou labor camp, which was owned by the prominent white McRee family of Valdosta. In south Georgia and north Florida, debt peonage and felony convict leasing operated separately from an often overlooked third system: misdemeanor convict leasing. This system was largely unregulated by prison officials, leading to abuses of persons with convictions working in the turpentine industry and the kidnapping of many Black residents of the area who had never been charged with crimes. Unlike other work camps, Kinderlou deployed all three systems to bolster its workforce, making it a unique manifestation of the region's exploitative labor operations.

Through deep archival research, Aiello uncovers injustices that drove local individuals who were imprisoned to work with federal prosecutors to seek relief and publicize the abuses they saw and experienced. The nexus of racism, work, and incarceration seen at Kinderlou is shown here to have been a form of slavery a half century after slavery's official "end." It also casts a long shadow on today's carceral system.

Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.



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Thomas Aiello is professor of history and Africana studies at Valdosta State University. He is the author of many books, including The Life and Times of Louis Lomax: The Art of Deliberate Disunity.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .67 Inches (D)
Weight: .96 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 296
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: African American & Black
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Aiello
Language: English
Street Date: November 19, 2024
TCIN: 93722304
UPC: 9780813080826
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-4288
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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