United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, 33.88065, -83.0807Delano, Jack1941A 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.image/jpegLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-80356http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/convict-lease-systemForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/convict-lease-systemForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaChain gangs--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyConvict labor--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyPrisoners--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyAfrican American prisoners--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyMen--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyAfrican American men--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyHoes--Georgia--Oglethorpe CountyChain Gang LaborStillImage