#Black orphaned children and juvenile offenders made up a large percentage of laborers for white planters in the South from 1865 to 1928. After the Civil War, #slavery still existed in the form of #convict leasing. States in the south would lease prisoners to private railways, large plantations, and private railways. Many states profited but […]
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