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News flash: Slavery didn’t end after the Civil War. Thanks to the massive loophole of the 13th Amendment, it’s still going strong - in the form of forced prison labor all across America. We take you to Louisiana, the world’s incarceration leader. Local historian Eric Seiferth tells about Louisiana’s barbaric prison labor system, where inmates are forced to toil in the same fields worked by enslaved people over 150 years ago. We’re talking reparations? Let’s start by actually ending slavery in America!
SHOW NOTES
Guest: Eric Seiferth
Eric Seiferth is a curator and historian with the Historic New Orleans Collection. His extensive research was instrumental in creating Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration, an exhibit examining the roots of Louisiana’s dubious distinction as the incarceration capital of the world.
More on Louisiana's slave labor system:
More on mass incarceration and forced prison labor:
More on “Captive State” and HNOC:
HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE
[5:45] Forced labor in the Louisiana prison system
[9:01] Through-line from slavery at Angola plantation to slave labor at Angola Prison today
[19:28] Louisiana eliminates parole for life sentences and adds life-term offenses
[23:19] Louisiana’s impact on brutal practices across U.S. prisons
[28:40] Tension in New Orleans between horrific oppression and creative resistance
[33:48] Importance of shining a light on our true history and organizing for reparations
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News flash: Slavery didn’t end after the Civil War. Thanks to the massive loophole of the 13th Amendment, it’s still going strong - in the form of forced prison labor all across America. We take you to Louisiana, the world’s incarceration leader. Local historian Eric Seiferth tells about Louisiana’s barbaric prison labor system, where inmates are forced to toil in the same fields worked by enslaved people over 150 years ago. We’re talking reparations? Let’s start by actually ending slavery in America!
SHOW NOTES
Guest: Eric Seiferth
Eric Seiferth is a curator and historian with the Historic New Orleans Collection. His extensive research was instrumental in creating Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration, an exhibit examining the roots of Louisiana’s dubious distinction as the incarceration capital of the world.
More on Louisiana's slave labor system:
More on mass incarceration and forced prison labor:
More on “Captive State” and HNOC:
HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE
[5:45] Forced labor in the Louisiana prison system
[9:01] Through-line from slavery at Angola plantation to slave labor at Angola Prison today
[19:28] Louisiana eliminates parole for life sentences and adds life-term offenses
[23:19] Louisiana’s impact on brutal practices across U.S. prisons
[28:40] Tension in New Orleans between horrific oppression and creative resistance
[33:48] Importance of shining a light on our true history and organizing for reparations
Contact Tony & Adam
Subscribe
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