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Imprima y guarde

Artículo de periódico

Negro Involuntary Servitude in the South, 1865-1940: A Preliminary Analysis

Fecha

1976-02-01

Autores

William Cohen

Resumen

THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT FORMALLY ENDED SLAVERY, BUT THE
legacy of bondage proved stubbornly persistent. Seventy-five years
after emancipation black forced labor remained common in many
areas of the South. While historians of the South have devoted
much attention to the oppressive effects of sharecropping, tenantry,
the crop-lien system, and peonage, few have addressed themselves
to the larger system of involuntary servitude within which these
factors operated. From a legal standpoint this system comprised a
variety of state laws aimed at making it possible for both individuals
and local governments to acquire and hold black labor virtually at
will. Beyond this, involuntary servitude was a creature of custom
dependent upon community attitudes which sanctioned the use of
forced labor. Occasionally such attitudes even allowed whites to
compel labor from Negroes without the pretense of a legal
justification.

Journal title

The Journal of Southern History

Volumen

42

Número

1

Page numbers

31-60

Editor

Southern Historical Association

Archivos adjuntos

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

General relevance - all sectors

Tipos de contenido

Políticas pasadas

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores

Relevancia geográfica

Estados Unidos

Esferas de la actividad

Historia

Idiomas

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