1. Photos from the Convict Leasing System of post-civil war centered around Alabama. Convict Leasing was another form of slavery in which mostly Black people were charged with false or trivial offenses and forced to labor while in prison. Beatings, sometimes resulting in death, and all around dehumanizing behavior were as similar as during slavery. 

    (Source: aphoticoccurrences)

     
    1. nas-a reblogged this from ankhofatum
    2. ankhofatum reblogged this from sloaneamelia
    3. jazzreloaded reblogged this from kemetically-afrolatino
    4. malcontentment reblogged this from madanmsila
    5. asimplecorrelationofchaos reblogged this from aphoticoccurrences
    6. melinowski reblogged this from gardant
    7. anthropologymother reblogged this from gardant
    8. gardant reblogged this from aphoticoccurrences
    9. gcc773 reblogged this from opiumlady
    10. opiumlady reblogged this from theelectricrelaxation
    11. caramelambitions reblogged this from wontbetelevised and added:
      Looks like Life with Martin Lawrence & Eddie Murphy ..
    12. wontbetelevised reblogged this from thespeakingspook
    13. madanmsila reblogged this from chicenoire
    14. fonnatasha reblogged this from honeymanifesto
    15. irvin-alvarado reblogged this from raygeming
    16. raygeming reblogged this from wontbetelevised
    17. cooljaycookies reblogged this from wontbetelevised
    18. mesooncome reblogged this from wontbetelevised
    19. affly reblogged this from wontbetelevised
    20. penguinist reblogged this from parkerticias
    21. kingpino reblogged this from simplesoulfulkush
    22. henrykissinger reblogged this from anotsosadsong
    23. aragingquiet reblogged this from wrcsolace
    24. articlesofcleansingbreath reblogged this from papichuleta
    25. sociallydeconstructed reblogged this from deatheatingbloodmagic
    26. kaijanicole4 reblogged this from fourzoas
    27. onewingedbirdforflying reblogged this from fourzoas
    28. blacklifeandlove reblogged this from howtobeterrell
    29. graphitetroll reblogged this from theuppitynegras
    30. hazelnut88 reblogged this from caramelcoatedxtc
    31. educationforliberation reblogged this from deliciouskaek