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Economics Curriculum
The Economics curriculum explores both past and present implications of forced labor.
The Economics of Prison Labor
GRADE LEVEL: COLLEGE
Overview: This activity guide examines the past and present use of prison labor and its economic implications. Students will investigate the role that state governments, legislation and private corporations played in increasing the use of prison labor after the Civil War, as well as analyze similarities and differences between the use of prison labor then and now.
Slavery by Another Name
The Economics of Labor
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Douglas A. Blackmon talks about the reasons behind convict labor practices of the day.
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The Economics of Labor
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Emancipation and the Work Force
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Pig Laws and Imprisonment
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What it Meant to be a Convict
Slavery by Another Name
1883
Slavery by Another Name
The Evolution of the Chain Gang
Forced Labor Then and Now
GRADE LEVEL: COLLEGE
Overview: This activity guide focuses on the economic implications of forced labor, both in the past and in the present. Students will examine the history of peonage prior to the twentieth century. Students will also investigate the use of forced labor around the world and its impact on local and global economies.
Slavery by Another Name
What is Peonage?
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Historian Pete Daniel breaks down peonage and debt servitude.
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What is Peonage?
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