Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison

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Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison
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Publisher : John Dewar Gleissner
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 9781432753832
ISBN-13 : 1432753835
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Book Synopsis Prison and Slavery - A Surprising Comparison by : John Dewar Gleissner

Book excerpt: This historically accurate and thoroughly researched book compares the modern American prison system to antebellum slavery. The surprising comparison proves that antebellum slavery was not as bad as many believe, while modern mass incarceration is an unrealized social and financial disaster of mammoth proportions.


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