Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison

Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison
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Publisher : John Dewar Gleissner
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 9781432753832
ISBN-13 : 1432753835
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Download or read book Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison written by John Dewar Gleissner and published by John Dewar Gleissner. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historically accurate and thoroughly researched book compares the modern American prison system to antebellum slavery. The surprising comparison proves that antebellum slavery was not as bad as many believe, while modern mass incarceration is an unrealized social and financial disaster of mammoth proportions.


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