Convict Leasing in Early America

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Agnes M

 

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May 8, 2014

 

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The government allowed for the leasing of convicts to people who would provide for the survival of the prisoner and in return could use the prisoner as a servant. He would do all the duties just as a slave would but now had a just reason behind his work. In the early 1900's, post Civil War, the South wanted to make an adjustment in their economic position so that it was greater and more respectable compared to the North...
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While also maintaining their agrarian status, they were able to do so through convict leasing. What convict leasing allowed the South to do was maintain free labor to citizens while not violating the new slavery laws and creating a new penal system that was cost efficient. Farmers were able to continue having a work force to uphold their land and keep production going...
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