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Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
Worse than Slavery Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
Author: David M. Oshinsky
Immortalized in blues and movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones, Mississippi's infamous Parchman State Penitentiary was, in the pre-civil rights south, synonymous with cruelty. Now noted historian David Oshinsky gives us the true story of the notorious prison, drawing on police records, prison documents, folklore, blues songs, and ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780684830957
ISBN-10: 0684830957
Publication Date: 4/22/1997
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Free Press
Book Type: Paperback
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