Author: Georgia. Prison CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Report of the Prison Commission of Georgia
Author: Georgia. Prison CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Annual Report of the State Board of Prison Control
Author: Report of the Board of State Commissioners for the General Supervision of Charitable, Penal, Pauper, and Reformatory Institutions
Author: Michigan. State Board of Corrections and CharitiesPublisher:
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Tapping the Pines
Author: Robert B. Outland IIIPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807165263
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine -- along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turpentine and rosin -- constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina and one of the most important in the South: naval stores production. In a pathbreaking study that seamlessly weaves together business, environmental, labor, and social history, Robert B. Outland III offers the first complete account of this sizable though little-understood sector of the southern economy. Outland traces the South's naval stores industry from its colonial origins to the mid-twentieth century, when it was supplanted by the rising chemicals industry. A horror for workers and a scourge to the Southeast's pine forests, the methods and consequences of this expansive enterprise remained virtually unchanged for more than two centuries. An important part of the timber products trade, naval stores were originally used primarily in shipbuilding and maintenance. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these products came to be used in myriad ways -- including in the manufacture of paint thinner, soap, and a widely popular lamp oil -- and demand soared. In response, North Carolina producers enlarged their operations and expanded throughout the Southeast, especially into Georgia and Florida, but the short-term economic development they initiated ultimately contributed to long-term underdevelopment. Outland vividly describes the primitive harvest and production methods that eventually destroyed the very trees the trade relied upon, forcing operators to relocate every few years. He introduces the many different people involved in the industry, from the wealthy owner to the powerless worker, and explores the reliance on forced labor -- slavery before the Civil War and afterwards debt peonage and convict leasing. He demonstrates how the isolated forest environment created harsh working and living conditions, making the life of a turpentine hand and his family exceedingly difficult. With an exacting attention to detail and exhaustive research, Outland offers not only the first definitive history of the naval stores industry but also a fresh interpretation of the socioeconomic development of the piney woods South. Tapping the Pines is an essential volume for anyone interested in the region.
Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Session of the Georgia Bar Association
Author: Georgia Bar AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bar associations
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Bulletin of State Institutions [under the Board of Control]
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Author: Iowa. Board of Control of State InstitutionsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia at the ...
Author: Georgia. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Chained in Silence
Author: Talitha L. LeFlouriaPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469622483
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured in Georgia's prison system and what their labor accomplished. LeFlouria argues that African American women's presence within the convict lease and chain-gang systems of Georgia helped to modernize the South by creating a new and dynamic set of skills for black women. At the same time, female inmates struggled to resist physical and sexual exploitation and to preserve their human dignity within a hostile climate of terror. This revealing history redefines the social context of black women's lives and labor in the New South and allows their stories to be told for the first time.
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