Chain gangs, roads, and reform in North Carolina, 1900-1935

For the first three decades of the twentieth century, dozens of predominantly black county chain gangs proliferated across North Carolina. The camps existed solely to build county roads, a consequence of efforts by the North Carolina Good Roads Association (NCGRA) to create a network of reliable roa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Susan W. (Author)
Corporate Author: NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. VerfasserIn (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2011
In:Year: 2011
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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