- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Chain Gang Labor
- Creator:
- Delano, Jack
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-80356
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- Chain gangs--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Convict labor--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Prisoners--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
African American prisoners--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Men--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
African American men--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Hoes--Georgia--Oglethorpe County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, 33.88065, -83.0807
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A Georgia chain gang builds a road in Oglethorpe County in 1941. After the prohibition of convict leasing in 1908, the state implemented the chain gang system as a source of inexpensive labor on major construction projects.
Photograph of a chain gang building a road in Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1941. The four men shown, who are all African American, wear black-and-white striped uniforms with long sleeves and pants. They each hold a hoe and work the ground.
After the prohibition of convict leasing in 1908, the state implemented the chain gang system as a source of inexpensive labor on major construction projects. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/convict-lease-system/m-8812/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/convict-lease-system
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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