The Resource Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
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- Summary
- "Worse Than Slavery" is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era - and beyond. Southern prisons have been immortalized in convict work songs, in the blues, and in movies such as Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones. Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary was the grandfather of them all, an immense, isolated plantation with shotguns, whips, and bloodhounds, where inmates worked the cotton fields in striped clothing from dawn to dusk. William Faulkner described Parchman as "destination doom." Its convicts included bluesmen like "Son" House and "Bukka" White, who featured the prison in the legendary "Midnight Special" and "Parchman Farm Blues."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- After slavery, before Parchman.
- Emancipation
- The Mississippi plan
- American Siberia
- The white chief
- The Parchman era.
- The birth and birthplace
- Parchman Farm
- The other Parchman : white men, black women
- Going home
- Executioner's song
- A farm with slaves
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
- Title
- Worse than slavery
- Title remainder
- Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
- Statement of responsibility
- David M. Oshinsky
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Worse Than Slavery" is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era - and beyond. Southern prisons have been immortalized in convict work songs, in the blues, and in movies such as Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones. Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary was the grandfather of them all, an immense, isolated plantation with shotguns, whips, and bloodhounds, where inmates worked the cotton fields in striped clothing from dawn to dusk. William Faulkner described Parchman as "destination doom." Its convicts included bluesmen like "Son" House and "Bukka" White, who featured the prison in the legendary "Midnight Special" and "Parchman Farm Blues."
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oshinsky, David M.
- Dewey number
- 365/.9762
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Prisoners
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Prisoners
- Mississippi
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After slavery, before Parchman. -- Emancipation -- The Mississippi plan -- American Siberia -- The white chief -- The Parchman era. -- The birth and birthplace -- Parchman Farm -- The other Parchman : white men, black women -- Going home -- Executioner's song -- A farm with slaves
- Control code
- 1475971
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 95052880
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780684830957
- (OCoLC)34029761
- Label
- Worse than slavery : Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice, David M. Oshinsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After slavery, before Parchman. -- Emancipation -- The Mississippi plan -- American Siberia -- The white chief -- The Parchman era. -- The birth and birthplace -- Parchman Farm -- The other Parchman : white men, black women -- Going home -- Executioner's song -- A farm with slaves
- Control code
- 1475971
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780684830957
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 95052880
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780684830957
- (OCoLC)34029761
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