Book/Printed Material The crime of crimes; or, The convict system unmasked, African American Pamphlet Collection copy
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Convict system unmasked THE CRIME OF CRIMES Or The Convict System Unmasked BY CLARISSA OLDS KEELER WASHINGTON, D. C. “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land.”— Jer. 5–30. 1907: PENTECOSTAL ERA COMPANY,…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked THE CRIME OF CRIMES Or The Convict System Unmasked BY CLARISSA OLDS KEELER WASHINGTON, D. C. “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land.”—JER. 5–30.- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked Copyright, 1907, by Clarissa Olds Keeler.- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked THE CRIME OF CRIMES OR THE CONVICT SYSTEM UNMASKED By CLARISSA OLDS KEELER “If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 4 others, that prisons are breeding places of crime, that cruel punishment of criminals light anew the fires of resentment and stimulates the criminal mania. They declare that “crime should be treated…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 5 down, and unplastered and unsealed. The beds were ticks filled with filthy straw, and the covering scant and filthy. Rough boards formed the platform for the continuous rows of beds. They…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 6 Convicts at the other mining prisons were somewhat better treated, and “one of the officials trying to do his whole duty.” The committee declared however, that the controlling motive of those…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 7 In 1898, the male convicts numbered 1,528. Out of this number there were 384 serving sentences ranging from 10 to 43 years, 83 were serving life sentences. Only 17 of the…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 8 two weeks of June when the average number of convicts was 165, there were 137 floggings of men who were unable to accomplish their daily task. In 1890, the Penitentiary committee…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 9 knowledge of the evils attending it. Everything pertaining to it, ought, in my opinion, to be wiped out of existence by an Act of Legislature. This can only be brought about…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 10 mines, the Deputy sold him to a farmer for one dollar. A March number of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, in 1901, told of “seventeen white men and three negroes securely handcuffed…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 11 In 1897, the Governor sent out an inspector to investigate the misdemeanor convict camps. He found fifty-four. The felony camps then numbered twenty-five. The inspector reported cruelties almost incredible, such as…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 12 one having but one arm. The offense of one of the lads was “loitering in the depot.” BOY IN CHAIN GANG The judge showed from the record of the Recorder's Court…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 13 Extracts from State press comments. “When the report was submitted to the Legislature one of the Jackson papers said it was a fake story. * * * That this is not…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 14 far from perfect, and no one more fully realizes it than the lessees, who gladly welcome any reforms likely to enhance the value of the convicts to themselves and society at…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 15 over a barrel, stripping off his clothes and laying the flesh on his back and legs open with a long thick strap. The victim's feet are shackled and one holds him…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 16 inhuman treatment of these helpless victims held in confinement. A young white girl confined in a convict camp composed mostly of male convicts and guards, was pardoned out to die. The…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 17 INNOCENT MEN HELD IN BONDAGE. Making merchandize of crime has resulted in a form of slavery almost unparalleled in cruelty and injustice toward many who are innocent of crime. Contractors of…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 18 rifles and clanking chains had been freely used by the white overseers. The St. Joseph News Press says “As yet the Boston and New England press hasn't taken up the matter,…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 19 The law allows the sheriff so much per day for their keep, and it is an open secret that the officials as a rule, feed them as poorly and as cheaply…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 20 attention long ago by the Society for the prevention of cuelty to animals.” No blame was attached to the keeper, but the inspectors declared that “to permit human beings to be…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 21 of fourteen prisoners at the New Castle prison, when several hundred men and women witnessed the punishment. Some of the prisoners stood in the pillory one hour each. Several received forty…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 22 In 1900 there was one out of every 702 inhabitants. Public attention is called by the Superintendent to the reform work and aid given convicts by Rev. J. L. Russell, of…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 23 LOUISIANA. Perhaps no State has reaped a greater death harvest from convict leasing than Louisiana. Pen pictures of suffering and inhuman treatment of convicts working on levees, most of whom were…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 24 Its evil propensities spring from the overdevelopment of certain brain structures. Too much blood goes to that part of the mind and excessive nutrition causes overgrowth. Every time the child is…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 25 where they can be trained to good citizenship, instead of being sent to prison to associate with hardened criminals. A prominent member of a State Legislature when pleading for a reformatory…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 26 THE BOY IN THE CHAIN-GANG. ‘They were working right in front of the hotel—the chaingang. There were nine villianous-looking men each wearing shackles. A chaingang is an every day sight in…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 27 be found among the thousands of Greek boys who are imported into the United States under the Italian padrone system where they are held in absolute slavery for long periods, at…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 28 In one State the maximum penalty for the burning of any kind of unoccupied building is four years. In other States the penalty is death, or imprisonment for life. The maximum…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked 29 of a person called a patron, who makes the acquaintance of a prisoner before he is discharged, and who becomes his guardian after his liberation. * * * These foreign societies…- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
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Convict system unmasked- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Keeler, Clarissa Olds
- Date: 1907
About this Item
Title
- The crime of crimes; or, The convict system unmasked,
Other Title
- Convict system unmasked
Names
- Keeler, Clarissa Olds, 1831-1913
- African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [Washington, D. C., Pentecostal Era Company, 1907]
Headings
- - Convict labor
Medium
- 29 p. ill. 24 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- HV8988 .K3
- E185 .A254 container K, no. 151 Another copy. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 13512. Source unknown.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 07026922
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