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Slavery and the penal system / J. Thorsten Sellin.

Title: Slavery and the penal system / J. Thorsten Sellin.
Author: Sellin, Johan Thorsten, 1896-
Publication: New York : Elsevier, c1976.

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Description

viii, 202 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The author traces the direct and indirect influences of the social institution of chattel slavery on the evolution of penal systems and practices in Europe and the United States. He reveals the darkest and most brutal aspects of penal history and the social forces that resisted or nullified the efforts of reformers who sought to bring about the humanization of punishment.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- In ancient Greece -- Slavery and punishment in ancient Rome -- In the Middle Ages -- Galley slavery -- Public works -- Houses of correction -- The Bagne -- The Bagnes of England and their aftermath -- Penal slavery in Russia -- The antebellum South -- The convict lease system -- Chain gangs and prison farms -- Postscript.

ISBN

0444990275

LCCN

^^^76019067^

OCLC

2297028
SCSB-10323356

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Harvard Library