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Hard labor and hard time, Florida's "Sunshine Prison" and chain gangs, Vivien M. L. Miller

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Hard labor and hard time, Florida's "Sunshine Prison" and chain gangs, Vivien M. L. Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-388) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hard labor and hard time

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Vivien M. L. Miller

Series statement

New perspectives on the history of the South

Sub title

Florida's "Sunshine Prison" and chain gangs

Summary

An exploration of the conditions of prison labor in Florida from 1913 to 1956

Table Of Contents

Building the "best prison in the south" -- Good roads, bad men, and the ugliest of conditions -- Cruel and usual punishments -- The rise of the sunshine prison -- Chapman and the big house -- Florida's hard road during the depression and war years -- Continuity and change at Raiford -- Prison health care -- Life in the big house -- Riot and disorder at the rock

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Hard Labor and Hard Time: Florida's Sunshine Prison and Chain Gangs

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