HIST206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Misdemeanor, Theodore Roosevelt, Slavery By Another Name
1 Mar 2017
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** notes on in class film slavery by another name and lecture ** Period b/w civil war and wwii blacks forced to labor against their will. Didn"t (cid:449)ant to pay for la(cid:271)or they had gotten free in the past through sla(cid:448)ery. Ezekiel archie - grew up free only to become convict as adult working for mines/factories. A(cid:271)out of (cid:449)hites (cid:449)ere illiterate, poor and had not o(cid:449)ned slaves - saw the now free black americans as competitors: for this reason, they aligned with confederacy leaders, their violence led to radical reconstruction. End of reconstruction = new laws targeting african americans that effectively criminalize black life. Pig laws: enhanced penalties for what were previously misdemeanor offenses to now felony offenses (ex. stealing a pig) Vagrancy statutes: had to be able to prove you were employed. Father of southern industrialization - wanted prisoners working in his coal mines.
