University Of Chicago Press
Freeman's Challenge : The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
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9780226744230
ISBN13:
9780226744230
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Robin Bernstein relates a bloody tale of race, murder, and injustice that forces us to rethink the origins and consequences of America's immoral system of prisons for profit. Bernstein brings to life the story of William Freeman, a free Black man who in 1840 was forced into unpaid labor as an inmate of Auburn State Prison in New York. After his release, he murdered four members of a white family, as revenge for the theft of his labor. His trial saw the crystallization of a nefarious ideology-the idea that African Americans are inherently criminal-yet it also shaped Auburn as an important node in the long battle for Black freedom--
| Author: Robin Bernstein |
| Publisher: University of Chicago Press |
| Publication Date: May 01, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 308 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 022674423X |
| ISBN-13: 9780226744230 |
Freeman's Challenge : The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
$27.50
$25.39
Sale 8%
Robin Bernstein relates a bloody tale of race, murder, and injustice that forces us to rethink the origins and consequences of America's immoral system of prisons for profit. Bernstein brings to life the story of William Freeman, a free Black man who in 1840 was forced into unpaid labor as an inmate of Auburn State Prison in New York. After his release, he murdered four members of a white family, as revenge for the theft of his labor. His trial saw the crystallization of a nefarious ideology-the idea that African Americans are inherently criminal-yet it also shaped Auburn as an important node in the long battle for Black freedom--
| Author: Robin Bernstein |
| Publisher: University of Chicago Press |
| Publication Date: May 01, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 308 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 022674423X |
| ISBN-13: 9780226744230 |
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