Penal Reform and Construction of the Western North Carolina Railroad 1875-1892

Autor/in	Carson, Homer S., III
Titel	Penal Reform and Construction of the Western North Carolina Railroad 1875-1892
Quelle	In: Journal of Appalachian Studies, 11 (2005) 1-2, S.205-225 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-7161
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; State History; Transportation; Institutionalized Persons; Labor Utilization; Civil Rights; Social Action; Area Studies; Social Discrimination; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verkehrswesen; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Soziales Handeln; Landeskunde; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung
Abstract	On March 13, 1879, the "Salisbury Carolina Watchman" noted that the longest and most difficult tunnel in the struggle to lay a railroad line across the Blue Ridge Mountains has been opened. Convicts from North Carolina's new penitentiary built this transportation system and solved the state's need for a cheap labor force as well as the prison's need for employment for their large idle force of inmates. During 1875-1892, of the 7,852 people entering the new penitentiary system, 3,644 were sent to the Western North Carolina Railroad. According to official records, 461 died from all causes (North Carolina Penitentiary 1874; N.C. Penitentiary 1876-92). Most of these individuals were black. In this article, the author presents a chronology of the construction of North Carolina Railroad from 1875 to 1892. A chronology of the state's convict labor system reform during the same period is also presented. The author also provides his views on how historians depicted the abusive treatment of the inmates during the construction of the railroad. (Contains 2 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Appalachian Studies Association. Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755. Tel: 304-696-2904; e-mail: asa@marshall.edu; Web site: http://www.appalachianstudies.org/jas/index.php#ORDER.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10