Four African American youths in a Southern chain gang. Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim

• Contributor: Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: CWBX1A
• File size: 21.4 MB (676.3 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 2493 x 3000 px | 21.1 x 25.4 cm | 8.3 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Photographer: Everett Collection

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Four African American youths in a Southern chain gang. Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South. Circa. 1900

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