What is the motivation behind the imprisonment of African Americans after the Civil War?

What is the motivation behind the imprisonment of African Americans after the Civil War?

1. To reclaim what was once free labor.
2. To harass for the sake of cruelty.
3. To use prisoners to make money.
4. Numbers 1 and 2.
5. All of the above.

5. And you mean the random jailing of this and that former slave, on a more or less regular basis, not the wholesale imprisonment of every last African American.

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3 Responses to “What is the motivation behind the imprisonment of African Americans after the Civil War?”

  1. J&C H, on June 24th, 2009 at 4:15 am Said:

    By Whom? NEver heard of this one. That would have been an awfully big prison population.
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  2. sonyack, on June 24th, 2009 at 4:36 am Said:

    5. And you mean the random jailing of this and that former slave, on a more or less regular basis, not the wholesale imprisonment of every last African American.
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  3. oldbory, on June 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am Said:

    6 - None of the above, and baseless propaganda.
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