Event
Alabama convict-lease system
Arrangement under which Alabama leased state and county prisoners to coal operators, 1875–1928.
- Dates
- 1875–1928
- Also known as
- Convict leasing in Alabama
Connections 2
involved
- Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company leased state prisoners Scholarship & press 1
located in
- Birmingham, Alabama Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 1 date
- 1875–1928 Alabama convict-lease system
Proof 1 source
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Convict-Lease System, Encyclopedia of Alabama.
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in 1888, TCI negotiated a 10-year contract that entitled it to all able-bodied state prisoners.
The largest prison mines were the Slope 2 and the Shaft mines, operated by TCI in Pratt City
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