Convicts leased to harvest timber circa 1915, in Florida

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Convicts leased to harvest timber circa 1915, in Florida.

“Contemplating the former slaves, a Louisiana planter calculated that “the best we can do is keep ’em as near a state of bondage as possible”
Excerpt From: Bruce Levine. “The Fall of the House of Dixie.”