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Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
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- Summary
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- "Worse Than Slavery" is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era - and beyond. Southern prisons have been immortalized in convict work songs, in the blues, and in movies such as Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones. Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary was the grandfather of them all, an immense, isolated plantation with shotguns, whips, and bloodhounds, where inmates worked the cotton fields in striped clothing from dawn to dusk. William Faulkner described Parchman as "destination doom." Its convicts included bluesmen like "Son" House and "Bukka" White, who featured the prison in the legendary "Midnight Special" and "Parchman Farm Blues."
- Noted historian David M. Oshinsky draws on prison records, pardon files, folklore, oral history, and the blues to offer an unforgettable portrait of Parchman and Jim Crow justice - from the horrors of convict leasing in the late nineteenth century to the struggle for black equality in the 1960s, when Parchman was used to break the spirit of civil rights workers who journeyed south on the Freedom Rides. In Mississippi, the criminal justice system often proved that there could be something worse than slavery. The "old" Parchman is gone, a casualty of federal court orders in the 1970s. What it tells us about our past is well worth remembering in a nation deeply divided by race
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 306 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
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- After slavery, before Parchman.
- Emancipation
- The Mississippi plan
- American Siberia
- The white chief
- The Parchman era.
- The birth and birthplace
- Parchman Farm
- The other Parchman : white men, black women
- Going home
- Executioner's song
- A farm with slaves
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
- Title
- Worse than slavery
- Title remainder
- Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
- Statement of responsibility
- David M. Oshinsky
- Subject
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- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mississippi -- History
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Gefängnis
- Geschichte
- History
- Justice pénale -- Administration -- Mississippi -- Histoire
- Mississippi
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Penitentiary -- History
- Prisoners
- Prisoners -- Mississippi -- History
- Prisonniers -- Mississippi -- Histoire
- State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi
- Mississippi
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Worse Than Slavery" is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era - and beyond. Southern prisons have been immortalized in convict work songs, in the blues, and in movies such as Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones. Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary was the grandfather of them all, an immense, isolated plantation with shotguns, whips, and bloodhounds, where inmates worked the cotton fields in striped clothing from dawn to dusk. William Faulkner described Parchman as "destination doom." Its convicts included bluesmen like "Son" House and "Bukka" White, who featured the prison in the legendary "Midnight Special" and "Parchman Farm Blues."
- Noted historian David M. Oshinsky draws on prison records, pardon files, folklore, oral history, and the blues to offer an unforgettable portrait of Parchman and Jim Crow justice - from the horrors of convict leasing in the late nineteenth century to the struggle for black equality in the 1960s, when Parchman was used to break the spirit of civil rights workers who journeyed south on the Freedom Rides. In Mississippi, the criminal justice system often proved that there could be something worse than slavery. The "old" Parchman is gone, a casualty of federal court orders in the 1970s. What it tells us about our past is well worth remembering in a nation deeply divided by race
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oshinsky, David M.
- Dewey number
- 365/.9762
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV9475.M72
- LC item number
- M576 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Prisoners
- Justice pénale
- Prisonniers
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Prisoners
- Mississippi
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Gefängnis
- Geschichte
- Mississippi
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After slavery, before Parchman. -- Emancipation -- The Mississippi plan -- American Siberia -- The white chief -- The Parchman era. -- The birth and birthplace -- Parchman Farm -- The other Parchman : white men, black women -- Going home -- Executioner's song -- A farm with slaves
- Control code
- ocm34029761
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 306 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Lccn
- 95052880
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o34029761
- (OCoLC)34029761
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After slavery, before Parchman. -- Emancipation -- The Mississippi plan -- American Siberia -- The white chief -- The Parchman era. -- The birth and birthplace -- Parchman Farm -- The other Parchman : white men, black women -- Going home -- Executioner's song -- A farm with slaves
- Control code
- ocm34029761
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 306 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Lccn
- 95052880
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o34029761
- (OCoLC)34029761
Subject
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mississippi -- History
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Gefängnis
- Geschichte
- History
- Justice pénale -- Administration -- Mississippi -- Histoire
- Mississippi
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Penitentiary -- History
- Prisoners
- Prisoners -- Mississippi -- History
- Prisonniers -- Mississippi -- Histoire
- State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi
- Mississippi
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