Historically, many prisons were built directly on former slave plantations.
Researchers often use archival photographs (like those by Bruce Jackson ) to highlight the visual continuity between antebellum slavery and modern incarceration. Download prison slave jpg
The core of the "prison slavery" debate centers on the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. While it abolished slavery, it includes a specific exception: Historically, many prisons were built directly on former